On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 21:25 +0000, 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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