Compro DVB T300 Digital / Analog Terrestrial TV Card

[John]

Just got a Compro DVB T300 TV card

I've had this for a few months now but haven't quite
got round to installing it and leaving it running in my
PC case.....

OK so far analog TV seems to work reasonably well
providing you give it a good antenna to work with. It
seems to be rather picky about what you plug into it.

However I am having a hard time getting Digital TV
to work properly. Despite no problems on my TV
which is at the other end of the room hooked up to
an STB via a VCR.....

When switching to Digital TV it never seems to
work the same way twice.. I don't know whether
its atmospheric conditions affecting signals or
other related issues but I get all channels some days
and on other days it won't get any channels, and this
with no change to antenna or cable setup..........

To a lesser extent this has also happened on the normal
TV but on some days, especially hot dry ones it seems to
work better then cold overcast days.....

 

[APR]

Just got a Compro DVB T300 TV card

I've had this for a few months now but haven't quite
got round to installing it and leaving it running in my
PC case.....

OK so far analog TV seems to work reasonably well
providing you give it a good antenna to work with. It
seems to be rather picky about what you plug into it.

However I am having a hard time getting Digital TV
to work properly. Despite no problems on my TV
which is at the other end of the room hooked up to
an STB via a VCR.....

When switching to Digital TV it never seems to
work the same way twice.. I don't know whether
its atmospheric conditions affecting signals or
other related issues but I get all channels some days
and on other days it won't get any channels, and this
with no change to antenna or cable setup..........

To a lesser extent this has also happened on the normal
TV but on some days, especially hot dry ones it seems to
work better then cold overcast days.....

Hi John,
Is the signal strength displayed anywhere in software. If it is then you may
get a better idea if the reception problem is signal strength or something
else.
APR

 

[John]

Hi John,
Is the signal strength displayed anywhere in software. If it is then you may
get a better idea if the reception problem is signal strength or something
else.
APR

Usually around 53% on the PC and 60 to 75% on the
TV and set top box....... But some days it works good
and on others not so good and I'm sure weather and
atmospheric conditions play a minor part.......

I am getting an external antenna, when I can be bothered
to call the installers.....

 

[Fred At Home]

Just got a Compro DVB T300 TV card

I've had this for a few months now but haven't quite
got round to installing it and leaving it running in my
PC case.....

OK so far analog TV seems to work reasonably well
providing you give it a good antenna to work with. It
seems to be rather picky about what you plug into it.

However I am having a hard time getting Digital TV
to work properly. Despite no problems on my TV
which is at the other end of the room hooked up to
an STB via a VCR.....

When switching to Digital TV it never seems to
work the same way twice.. I don't know whether
its atmospheric conditions affecting signals or
other related issues but I get all channels some days
and on other days it won't get any channels, and this
with no change to antenna or cable setup..........

To a lesser extent this has also happened on the normal
TV but on some days, especially hot dry ones it seems to
work better then cold overcast days.....

I got one of these a few days ago and I can only say that these are not
exactly "high quality" DVB-T cards. Mine wouldn't even pick up any channels
properly whereas an STB on the same antennae produced perfect pictures on
all channels with 85+% signal strength.
I took mine back and thankfully the guys at the computer shop did a refund
without question.

 

[Lord-Data]

I got one of these a few days ago and I can only say that these are not
exactly "high quality" DVB-T cards. Mine wouldn't even pick up any
channels properly whereas an STB on the same antennae produced perfect
pictures on all channels with 85+% signal strength.
I took mine back and thankfully the guys at the computer shop did a refund
without question.

Was it a *COMPRO* DVB-T 300 card? I ordered some parts thru a mate of a mate
as a wholesaler, and specified "compro DVB-T 300" after reading MANY
positive reviews .. however, when the parts arrived, it was a compeletly
different brand .. model was "DVB-T 300", but it wasn't the compro. drivers
were bad, no website support and like yours, would pick up NOTHING .. a few
posts on the official DTV forum, and it turns out this card isnt even
certified for use in australia and has a massivly bad rep all round.
Returned it to the wholesaler and went elsewhere, got the Compro DBV-T 300
and everything is great. Good strong signal from a rabbit ears + built in
amplifier ($50 DSE job), equal/better signal levels than the STB that is
simultaniously fed from the same antenna..

 

[John]

I got one of these a few days ago and I can only say that these are not
exactly "high quality" DVB-T cards. Mine wouldn't even pick up any channels
properly whereas an STB on the same antennae produced perfect pictures on
all channels with 85+% signal strength.
I took mine back and thankfully the guys at the computer shop did a refund
without question.

They probably had other customers who also complained

 

[Whisper]

Fred At Home wrote:






They probably had other customers who also complained

Some guy at the markets complained about them too - couldn't tune half
of them. He bought half a dozen Fusions & said they were the best. I
have one so can't complain.

 

[John]

Was it a *COMPRO* DVB-T 300 card? I ordered some parts thru a mate of a mate
as a wholesaler, and specified "compro DVB-T 300" after reading MANY
positive reviews .. however, when the parts arrived, it was a compeletly
different brand .. model was "DVB-T 300", but it wasn't the compro. drivers
were bad, no website support and like yours, would pick up NOTHING .. a few
posts on the official DTV forum, and it turns out this card isnt even
certified for use in australia and has a massivly bad rep all round.
Returned it to the wholesaler and went elsewhere, got the Compro DBV-T 300
and everything is great. Good strong signal from a rabbit ears + built in
amplifier ($50 DSE job), equal/better signal levels than the STB that is
simultaniously fed from the same antenna..

Sorry to reply so late to your post

But the card as installed in the PC is definitely a Compro
branded card model DVB T300 .........

I have since removed the card but it's been a couple of months
since I had purchased it so a refund is now well and truly out
of the question.

Valuable lesson learned from this is to have looked into the
various brands before making an impulse purchased based
on one or two reviews .