From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp.bredband2.com ([83.219.192.166]:55154 "EHLO smtp.bredband2.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751835AbbLDNrj (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Dec 2015 08:47:39 -0500 Subject: Re: Dear TV card experts - I need you help To: Mr Andersson , linux-media@vger.kernel.org References: From: Benjamin Larsson Message-ID: <56619977.8070905@southpole.se> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 14:47:35 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 12/03/2015 02:45 PM, Mr Andersson wrote: > Hi, > [,,,] > > Most cards out there supports maximum 4 channels per cards. Some I've > looked into costs around 200 USD per card and for 2000 channels, > excluding all other hardware, that would cost around 100 000 USD. > [...] The terminology you are looking for is 4 muxes per card, not channel. One mux can hold several channels. One satellite I looked at had ca 24 fta muxes with ca 3-4 channels per mux. So to cover this whole satellite you would need 6 quad cards. If a quad card costs $200 that gives you $50 / mux cost. The cheapest single mux s2 card I could find cost ca $60. So $50/mux is probably what you have to pay for this component if you buy from a reseller. MvH Benjamin Larsson