WinTV Nova (CI) PCI vs. SkyStar 2

[E-Male]

i'm gonna buy my first dvb-s pci card
and i narrowed it down to this 2 cards:
-WinTV Nova (CI) PCI
-SkyStar 2

what i want is:
-watch dvb-s, including ac3 over my soundcard and using the tv-out of my graphic-card
-record, including ac3 (multiple audio channels of the same program at the same time if possible and hdtv)
-time shifting
-have the choice between variouse softwares (using win xp)

my satelite is astra

i hope you can give me some advise on the advantages of either card
(please not just say "xxx is better" with no words on why)

thx

[stax76]

SS2 is better, there is no doubt but you cannot run Win MCE which might work with the Nova card, MediaPortal works with SS2. I'm running a SS2 with DVBViewer, it's very feature rich inkl. automation (COM) interfaces. It's not free nor bug free but imho a very good investment.

[eb]

SS2+SkyView (free program) = IMHO best