On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 21:46, Mick wrote: > Justin, > > I'm where did you get you dvb-card from? I'm looking at getting a dvb card > also.. > > Did you have any issues getting it to work on linux? What about the remote? > The pick on digitalnow looks pretty shmic. I've got an old HP remote right > now that I'm looking at replacing.. > > I'd like to know your impressions as I think that card is good and I'm not > to sure about the reputability of the e-tailer that sells them. > > Mick
Hi Mick, I used the DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T card which I purchased from Harris Tech <http://www.ht.com.au>. I am very impressed with the card so far, but I certainly havent put it through its paces completely yet. I havent tested the video-in functionality yet, but this is also a very important reason for choosing this card. The picture quality and reception is excellent, and certainly good enough reason to choose HDTV over standard PVR if you dont get good television reception in your area. Otherwise HDTV in Australia is fairly underutilised by our broadcasters. I did not use the remote or receiver that came with the card in my first freevo box (I used an IRMan instead as it was already setup). I am currently building another freevo box that will use the USB remote that came with the DVB-T. As far as setting it up in Linux goes, it really is quite simple, as someone else has already done the hard work for us. I used a 2.6.7 kernel on a Debian unstable install and the drivers that can be found here; <http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~chrisp/DVICO-Linux/> Tuning the card is quite different to the old standard PVR's. A google on dvb and scan should give you most of the information you need. For those who are interested, my next project will be to get FoxTel (pay satellite broadcast) working through Freevo as well. I will start looking into this once I am completely happy with HDTV and associated functions. -Stygen ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
