acer revo as satellite receiver?

[bokkie]

Hi all. Just wanted your thoughts on whether it would be possible to use my acer aspire revo for cs? It is used as an htpc and there is no room for expansion internally, so any tuner would have to be external usb.
Any ideas?

[bokkie]

Re: acer revo as satellite receiver?

Yes it is a small pc. Great for a home theatre pc as it's really small. Aced aspire revo 3610

[jds828]

Re: acer revo as satellite receiver?

I have a Revo 3700 which was fine on DVB T but as soon as I put a HD reciever near it, it wasn't very happy at all. It's now running Openelec PVR from SD as a client for my mediaportal server.

[microchick]

Re: acer revo as satellite receiver?

The suggestion I would make is that I would not use a PC to serve as a satellite receiver. The point is that you will be using it for one purpose at a time. To buy a decent quality sat card would also cost a bit of money. If you are not bothered to use your receiver as a server then buy a cheapo (openbox, skybox) for about £50-£60. My opinion is that a computer can never replace a receiver.

[metalchef]

Re: acer revo as satellite receiver?

if you want the sat on PC, I recommend you the skystar2 usb...
he have much software supported

[antonioag]

Re: acer revo as satellite receiver?

[QUOTE=metalchef;230942]if you want the sat on PC, I recommend you the skystar2 usb...
he have much software supported[/QUOTE]

I agree, I use Skystar 2 PCI on my desktop and Skystar 2 USB on my notebook...all software are supported including DVBViewer, etc...

[igius12]

Re: acer revo as satellite receiver?

skystar is ok but always connected the pc with a long wire such as diseq wires that come from the parabole

[ocram88]

Re: acer revo as satellite receiver?

I own a Star HD USB adapter and I can do with a good quality for the HD channels.