[clug] Internal TV Tuner Card

[Andrew Smith]

Steer away from the Dvico Dual Digital 4.  I bought one from HT in June 
and found since April a new Rev 2.0 version is out and unsupported in 
Linux at this stage.  There also doesn't appear to be any active 
development.

I swapped mine with a Happauge Nova Twin T (with a generous mate running 
Windows MCE).   Interestingly we also noticed much slower tuning speed 
on the Dvico; it doesn't have the tuning box like the Nova, apparently 
it's all done in the chipset or the driver.  Changing channels with the 
Nova is quite quick (< 1sec), the Dvico was around 4-5 seconds.

Andrew

Ian Bardsley wrote:
> G'Day Bryan
>
> To help with your search, I have the following dvb cards and all work 
> "out of the box" with the latest linux kernel.
>
> 1.  Dvico Dual Digital 4  ..Dual Tuner card
> 2.  Hauppage Nova T 500.. Dual Tuner card
> 3.  Technisat Airstar 2 ..  Single Tuner Card   
> http://www.digitalnow.com.au/product_pages/airstar2.html
>
> All of these cards function very well although the first 2 may be 
> difficult to source now as I have had both for over a year which is a 
> lifetime in the TV card business it seems.  The airstar 2 is, I 
> understand, readily available from DigitalNow in Canberra.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Regards
>
> Ian Bardsley
>
>
> bryan wrote:
>> I am looking to buy an internal TV tuner card for my linux machine. I
>> want a card with hardware decoding. The cards I am considering are:
>>
>> (1) Compro VideoMate E900F
>> (http://www.comprousa.com/en/product/e900f/e900f.html)
>>
>> (2) DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Express
>> (http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/ENG/products/DVBTDualExpress.aspx)
>>
>> (3) Hauppauge HVR-HVR2200 MCE, PCIe Hybrid Analog/ Dual Digital TV and
>> FM Tuner
>> (http://www.hauppauge.com.sg/web-content/pages/products/data_hvr2200.html) 
>>
>>
>> Any recommendations? Any traps?
>>
>>
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>>
>> Bryan
>>
>>
>>   
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