I've updated my set-up I'm now using the following devices.
DVB-S/S2
Technisat SkyStar HD USB receiver (that replaced the TBS QBOX 5922 more on why below)
Tevii S471 PCIe
DVB-T/T2
PCTV 290e nanoStick T2
Hauppauge NOVA-TD Stick (Dual tuner)
Hauppauge NOVA-T Stick (Single tuner)
I'd originally used the TBS 5922 (which itself replaced the original TBS QBOX due to overheating). I'm not sure what TBS have done to the drivers for the 5922 but the device now takes 10s just to tune (It was ~2s using older drivers which I unfortunately never backed up and are no longer available), The latest drivers for the 5922 will also cause TVH to hang for a few seconds while it tunes which leads me to believe it is a driver issue. I'd like to hear from anyone with a 5922 to confirm whether it is the driver or my machine (HP Microserver).
So until TBS sort out their poor drivers I do not recommend the TBS 5922.
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Jim S wrote:
> K-World KW-399U DVB-T (Based on AF9015 chipset, same as Martin's Evolve Venus. Experiences are almost identical:)
>
> - Used to be very hard to find a firmware/kernel pairing that worked (Ubuntu 11.04, 11.10, were hit and miss, but 12.04 pairing seems to work).
> - Works fine to start with but randomlys stop working, sometimes spewing i2c errors, sometimes not.
> - ...but cheap, £30 two years ago, think mine was reduced to £20 even.
>
> All in all far too much hassle if you want your recordings to be reliable. Have since replaced.
>
> PCTV 290e nanoStick T2:
>
> - Good value for DVB-T2 (Freeview HD in UK) (£55 of Amazon), but only single tuner.
> - No firmware or driver hassle - drivers are in mainline kernel, works out of box first time on Ubuntu 12.04. Big plus if you like the easy life.
> - Nice build quality, much better than the K-World.
> - Reliability so far so good, but bit early to day. No significant dropouts, some minor continuity errors as to be expected. (Strong signal area)
>
> If the PCTV proves to be reliable, I think I will grab another for a dual setup.
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> I've got a Mystique SaTiX-S2 Sky Xpress on the way, (single tuner - only a single sat feed to my flat), so I'll report on that when its had some use. The reason for buying however was the reasonable price (£40 + £8 postage), and apparently has good non-binary driver support in linux.
Hi Jim,
I have the PCTV 290e nanoStick T2 but I found it can be rather hit and miss when used with other tuners on the same usb subsystem as other devices, causing the other devices and itself to fail, dumping a load of I2C read/write errors (from the dib0700, em28xx drivers).
So as long as use you it without sharing a usb subsystem, it'll work fine.
