I just happened to stumble across this today:
http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/news/content/file_1052.html
I've seen a similar announcement from ST Microelectronics some time ago.
"Silicon tuner chips" remove the need for the shielded "tin box", a single chip can integrate RF frontend, PLL and demodulator. This will allow for really small DVB-S receiver cards, since the bulky tin box is no longer needed. I could even imagine that this might pave the path to have DVB-S reception as a PC _motherboard_ component some day...
I'm curious about the mechanics of the LNB connector, but I figure it'll look similar to what e.g. S-Video connectors on some graphics cards look today (a cubic tin box).
Does anyone know if any DVB card maker is already working on a DVB-S card with such a silicon tuner? I'd sure like to see how these cards look...
Regards, -- Robert Schlabbach e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Berlin, Germany
I think it doesn't mount a digital tuner, but Pinnacle made this tinless card:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.cinemachezsoi.com/ts/articles/pctvsat/photo-carte-sat.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.telesatellite.com/articles/PCTVsat/&h=320&w=470&sz=18&tbnid=AI0K-uds1UAJ:&tbnh=85&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpinnacle%2Bpc%2Btv%2Bsat%26hl%3Dit%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DG
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