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The remote is pretty basic but let’s be honest, if you’re looking for a quad tuner card you’re probably an HTPC enthusiast in which case you’ll already have an advanced remote. * 1x Trident SAA7160E PCI Express Audio/Video Capture Bridge

* 2x Intersil ISL6422B Dual Output LNB Supply and Control Voltage Regulator * 2x Trident CX24117 Dual DVB-S2 Demodulator The bracket has labels for the tuners ‘A’ through ‘D’ stamped on it – a nice touch. The build quality of the card is excellent – all the soldering looks clean and solid, and the components are well aligned. I’m not going to pretend that I could explain all the technical aspects of these specs, but suffice to say this card will handle pretty much anything you can throw at it. Receiving Frequency: 925~2175 MHz Tuning RangeĤx Advanced DVB-S2/DVB-S 8PSK QPSK DemodulatorĭVB-S2 QPSK: 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4. That’s about $62 per tuner – considerably cheaper than buying 4 separate DVB-S2 cards and much more convenient. The TBS6984 really is the grand-daddy of DVB-S2 cards! It’s a DVB-S/S2 PCI Express card with 4 tuners allowing you capture from 4 different satellite transponders simultaneously. This review will focus on using the TBS 6984 with MediaPortal TV Server.

TBS Technology has been making TV tuner cards for about 5 years and they’re starting to build a good reputation amongst HTPC enthusiasts, and for good reason – as you’ll see the 6984 Quad Tuner card is a solid performer. Note:This review is contributed by Rhys Goodwin.