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on Sun, 1 Nov 2009 09:57 pm
in the Usenet newsgroup aus.computers.linux
David Segall wrote:

> "Peter D." <p13@g-node.com.au> wrote:
> 
>>Hi, 
>>
>>Is anyone able to suggest a dvb-t tuner to use under Linux in Australia?  
>>
>>Wish list items include; 
>>
>>available in Aus., 
>>PCIe preferred, PCI is OK, 
>>dual tuner preferred, but not necessary, 
>>remote control desirable, but not necessary, 
>>analogue is not necessary.  
>>
>>A more sensitive tuner is preferred, not that it is easy to 
>>tell the difference.  
>>
>>Is there anything else? 
>>
>>Does any hardware support DAB+?  
>>
>>LinuxTV.org lists "DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Express" and 
>>"Leadtek WinFast PxDVR3200 H" under experimental support.  
>>Any idea what does not work (yet)?  
> 
> I have an old DViCO Fusion and an old Leadtek PCI card. Both worked
> out of the box with MythDora and Mythbuntu. There is no discernable
> difference in reception between the two. The author of the DViCO
> drivers, Chris Pascoe, is at UQ
> <http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~chrisp/Linux-DVB/DVICO/> and is very
> helpful. He borrowed my nephew's card and returned it a couple of
> weeks later with a driver! The referenced web page illustrates the
> hazard of buying any new tuner. The manufacturers change the chip set
> without changing the model number of the card.

Yes.  It is insanely confusing.  What does the "4" stand for in the 
dual digital 4?  

-- 
Peter D.  
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