I would imagine that is usually to reduce costs. I assume that the buyers for the companies are always trying to negotiate lower prices to increase profit margins, and playing the various chip suppliers off against each other to shave a few cents off the components. If Dibcom refuse to lower their price any further, then the company will switch to ULI or some other manufacturer.
Supply volume might also be an issue - maybe the current manufacturer cannot provide enough volume. Failure rate of the components might also be an issue. Regards, Phil. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Toth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Halim Sahin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "linux-dvb" <linux-dvb@linuxtv.org> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:10 AM Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] New Hauppauge DVB PCIe devices HVR-2200, HVR-1700 and HVR-1200 > Halim Sahin wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Can please someone explain why the hardware manufacturers are often >> changing well working hardware designs? >> Now hauppauge seems to have a new card, new cips on it (and currently no >> linux support?)? >> BR. >> Halim > > You dropped the CC of the mailing list, so I added it back. > > By someone, do you mean me? > > - Steve > > _______________________________________________ > linux-dvb mailing list > linux-dvb@linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
