Re: ideal DVB-C PCI/e card? [linux-media]

[Jed <jedi.theone@gmail.com>]

>>>>>> Ideally it'd be dual DVB-C, the only one I've found is more than dual
>>>>>> DVB-C& is far too expensive.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you need two receivers but can only spare up to one PCI or PCIe
>>>>> slot,
>>>>> why not use two USB or FireWire attached receivers?
>>>>>
>>>>> FireWire ones seem to be out of production now though and weren't
>>>>> exactly on the cheap side. OTOH one can drive up to 3 DVB FireWire
>>>>> receivers on a single FireWire bus; and for those who need even more
>>>>> there are dual link FireWire PCI and PCIe cards readily available.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for offering your thoughts Stefan.
>>>> Any specific recommendations?
>>>>
>>>> Ideally I want two or more dvb-c tuners in a pci/e form-factor.
>>>>
>>>> If there's FW or USB tuners that are mounted onto a PCI/e card, work
>>>> well in Linux,& are relatively cheap, then I'd love to know!
>>>
>>> I don't have an overview over USB tuners.
>>>
>>
>> We have USB DVB-C/T hybrid devices which are supported with Linux.
>>
>> http://support.sundtek.com/index.php/topic,4.0.html (the driver is
>> mostly independent from
>> Linux Kernels).
>>
>> Aside of that we just made it work on a Dreambox 800 (300 Mhz MIPS as
>> well, and looking forward
>> to support other platforms as well).
>>
>> http://sundtek.com/shop/Digital-TV-Sticks/Sundtek-MediaTV-Digital-Home-DVB-CT.html
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Markus
>
> Thanks but I'd prefer PCI/e form-factor...
> If there's something fw or usb-based x2, & squeezed into that
> form-factor, I'm very interested!

I may only have room for 1x pci/e dvb-c card (hopefully one that has two 
single fw tuners mounted).
So I may still look at USB based tuners like yours...

Cheers