[linux-dvb] Re: DVB-S USB board

[Patrick Boettcher <patrick.boettcher@desy.de>]

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Alexandre Cardoso wrote:

> I have a DEC 3000-S but the frontend refuses to lock. I gave up trying this 
> one a few weeks ago because i read somewhere that this is a known problem. 
> Now that i have some time again i was planning to try another one that is 
> known to work. If there are some (good) news about the DEC 3000-S maybe i do 
> not need to buy another one.
Beside of this device I'm aware of two other USB DVB-S devices:

B2C2/Technisat Sky2PC USB (no linux driver yet, USB1.1)
Twinhan StarBox (no linux driver, I think USB1.1)

Vendors are not so interested in having USB DVB-s products, because they 
are focused on mobile solutions when considering USB. Afaik a DVB-s device 
has to provide power for the LNB and the USB port does not deliver enough 
energy, thus all USB DVB-s devices need a separate power supply.

Cheers,
Patrick.

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