On 3/6/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I received an answer from the President of pcHDTV. Apparently the sleeve is that way by design.
Ah-ha. Neil Schelly had the right of it after all. I can't say I'm overly impressed with the design of this "break-away" connector [1], but I guess it does afford some protection for very little additional manufacturing cost. It is certainly good to know they actually put some thought into it. Given that others have complained about the same thing [2], it might be a good idea for the manufacturer to put a note card in the box saying it is by design. Footnotes --------- [1] It comes off *too* easy. It also transmits any stress that doesn't pull the connector off (such as side-to-side flexing) into the solder joins for the tuner module. I would much prefer the connector be attached to the bracket for strain relief. That would not preclude the use of a slide-on barrel on the outside of the card for break-away purposes. [2] http://applications.linux.com/print.pl?sid=06/12/19/1627229 http://software.newsforge.com/software/06/12/19/1628229.shtml?tid=75&tid=130 -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
