This review is written by miko.s (Jan Petrovic) from perfect-digitalsat.com
The TBS 6984 is a quad tuner dvb-s2 pci-e card, allowing the user to connect up to 4 lnbs directly to the card, or even more if using a DiSEqC switch. Worth noting that it’s possible to connect a dish rotor, so this card is great if having a higher number of satellite dishes, because it is possible to connect 4 motorized dishes to every lnb port on the card.
The package:
Included is also the remote control
The TBS6984 card itself is well made, featuring a pci-e port, 4 LNB ports , remote control port and a power connector in case the motherboard is not capable of delivering enough power. The remote control and the receiver for it are bundled with the card, as well as the power cord and the cd with the drivers.
On a Windows computer the installation is very fast and painless, it’s all done in around 1 minute. The user is free to use any dvb software, and I’m using dvbviewer for the occasion. When starting for the first time it asks to select the running tuner and to add satellite or multiple satellites if using a switch. Everything runs very smooth and fast, and it’s even possible to control a motorized dish using a rotor and having multiple lnb-s on other http://premier-pharmacy.com/product/viagra/ fixed dishes connected at the same time, resulting in a possibility to watch and record a high number of channels all at the same time.
I have the card connected to a motorized dish (using TransEdit to run the dish. PS dvb viewer has to be opened to be able to run the rotor because the lnb power is turned off after closing the dvb viewer)
This is the initial window to select the desired card tuner with dvb viewer.
This is the TransEdit program that allows to rotate the dish. It works perfectly without any problems.
DVB Viewer interface is very intuitive and easy to use. After the scan of the satellites the zapping between channels is very fast and they open almost instantly. HD channels also open very fast, and they don’t even need a high end computer to be watched – I’m running a 1.8ghz core2duo.
Conlusion:
This is a great DVB-S2 card, and it will be a good buy for everyone interested in satellite reception on a PC with a more complex satellite system. It will also find it’s purpose for satellite channels broadcasting over IPTV, because of the possibility to receive a lot of channels in parallel.
I’m very satisfied with the TBS 6984 and would recommend it to everyone who needs a similar card.
Included is also the remote control
