[linux-dvb] Re: Recommended DVB-T card for UK use please

[Gavin Hamill <gdh@acentral.co.uk>]

On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 08:36:02AM -0000, Edward Wildgoose wrote:
> > You /can/ get DVB-T cards featuring an on-board MPEG decoder, but they
> > are /expensive/ - Hauppauge in the UK quoted me $329 (dollars since it's
> > an import item) not including postage...
> 
> Interesting.  The TT-DVB card is 329 Euro's from dvbshop.  If I could go
> directly to Hauppauge in the UK would I basically get the same device? 

Yes, all of the DVB cards on sale are virtually the same thing. Some 
have minor variance in the brand / flavour of tuner, but they're all 
"TechnoTrend" cards irrelevant of the brand name on the box.

I was just lucky and got a Nova-T for 60 GBP on eBay, and a Dxr3 for a 
tenner :)

> v4l interfaces? Better bundle?)  It isn't obvious that they do such a device
> on the hauppauge website, only a nexus-S card, no -T card...?

DVB-T is much less widespread than DVB-S, so a full-feature DVB-T is 
very minority interest given the market is mainly Windows, where CPU 
power to do MPEG2 decoding is not a problem.
 
> Any other places to look in the UK to buy such a card?

Not that I know of, and full-featured DVB-T is such a rarity, it's 
unlikely to be any cheaper.

gdh



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