Re: DVB-S2 card recommendation?

[Lou Otway <louis.otway@tripleplay-services.com>]

Michael Durket wrote:
> Is there a DVB-S2 card on the market yet with these features:
>
>     1) DVB-S2 (QPSK, 8PSK) and DVB-S modes fully supported in Linux
>         (i.e. not experimental, not requiring sifting through 
> different driver sources
>         to try to find one that works)
>
>     2) Has no software/hardware data rate limitations (i.e. all symbol 
> rates supported, no problems locking
>         any symbol rate the card supports)
>
>     3) Available to U.S. purchasers (no country restrictions when 
> trying to buy the card)
>
>     4) Delivers a full transport stream without filtering of any kind 
> by the hardware.
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I've been using the Turbosight TBS6920 for a while now, with very good 
results. It's a PCI device based on the Conexant CX23885 chipset. I'm 
pretty sure it meets all your requirements.

I've also used the TechnoTrend TT-S3200 which is PCI based but there do 
appear some problems with some of the more exotic symbol rates. I've 
used a patch to support high symbol rates but my question as to the 
safety of doing this remains unanswered. There should be a new S2 card 
from TechnoTrend, the TT-S6400 but it has been delayed since early in 
the year and who knows if it will ever see the light of day.

All the best,

Lou