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On 04/07/15 21:02, Steven Côté wrote: > If you can find a dvb-s2 card with drivers in the mainline kernel, > you're better at this than me. If I was starting from scratch these > days, I'd just get a cheap freesat box; it's easier and cheaper. > > If this is for other people, I say stop worrying about it and just buy > in a solution. > And this is exactly what I'm talking about. Stupid, stupid Linux crap that I just don't want to deal with. Satellite dish (was Sky, deal left over a year ago) A computer. I can do anything with this. 1080p screen + 5.1 surround fed by a receiver. I can pump anything I want to this via HDMI/coax/etc What I (i.e.; other people) want is the full range (aka: FreeSat: 200+ channels of rubbish) on that physical setup. Yes, I could just install Sky or something at each property but we are talking about seriously old people with literally no money here. I reiterate: I have exactly this: A bunch of old crappy properties with ancient, deactivated Sky dishes Some random computers A minuscule budget (my own pocket basically) Some old people who'd like their TV not to be as ancient as they are Please god let there be some £50 FreeSat box with decent outputs, the like of which I can feed into whatever random $LINUX box I choose. Anyone? 'Cos I'm drawing blanks on this. Cheers PS: If anyone pipes up and says "MythTV" I'll kill them. MythTV is not a panacea, morons. Yes, I already have it running. No, it doesn't do any of the things I want it to do. Shutup already. Are we clear? -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq