Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DTV on Laptop

2007-12-12 Thread Neil Bothwick 
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:49:46 + (UTC), James wrote:

 Neil Bothwick neil at digimed.co.uk writes:
 
 
   There seem to be several devices, based on USB2 that connect to
   a computer and can receive ATSC (HDTV) or traditional broadcasts.
   The ones I've found for N. America all require Vista (uck).
 
  I've used a Freecom USB DVB stick with Gentoo, it worked well but I
  didn't try it with HDTV (because we don't have that here).
 
 
 Hello Neil,
 
 Check this out (hdtv):
 
 
 http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Products/Consumer+Products/PCTV+Tuners/PCTV+Analog_Digital+PVR/PCTV+HD+Pro+Stick.htm
 
 It sure be nice to find  a similar device for (gentoo) linux

According to http://mcentral.de/wiki/index.php/Em2880#Devices it appears
this device is supported by a Linux driver.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DTV on Laptop

2007-12-12 Thread Iain Buchanan 

On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 21:25 +, Grant Edwards wrote:
 On 2007-12-12, Anthony E. Caudel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  There seem to be several devices, based on USB2 that connect
  to a computer and can receive ATSC (HDTV) or traditional
  broadcasts. The ones I've found for N. America all require
  Vista (uck).
 
  I've used a Freecom USB DVB stick with Gentoo, it worked well
  but I didn't try it with HDTV (because we don't have that
  here).
 
  What is the quality of the picture with the Freecom?
 
 That question doesn't really make any sense.  It's like asking
 what the quality of the sound is with an Ethernet card.

what you really want to know is how fast does it tune, does it do
hardware mpeg encoding, does the linux driver support signal strength
etc.  The quality of the UI is a question for windows users, as you
usually use what they provide, but with linux you use what you want :)

cya,
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