From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-bw0-f174.google.com ([209.85.218.174]:49674 "EHLO mail-bw0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753890AbZEWUaw (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 May 2009 16:30:52 -0400 Received: by bwz22 with SMTP id 22so2288790bwz.37 for ; Sat, 23 May 2009 13:30:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A185CDB.1090001@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 22:30:19 +0200 From: David Lister MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Manu Abraham CC: Andreas Regel , linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] Most stable DVB-S2 PCI Card? References: <53876.82.95.219.165.1243013567.squirrel@webmail.xs4all.nl> <20090522234201.4ee5cf47@bk.ru> <1a297b360905221325r46432d02g8a97b1361e7958ac@mail.gmail.com> <4A171985.3090205@gmail.com> <1a297b360905221438n7dfb55a9uec1f1ce119bd8d74@mail.gmail.com> <4A178ED3.5050806@gmail.com> <1a297b360905222337r1b65bbe7n65578d1991348b9@mail.gmail.com> <4A17C9F7.8050800@gmail.com> <4A181DF6.30309@gmx.de> <4A183D79.4050708@gmail.com> <1a297b360905231145p1a8dca53jfd3069c7c90971b6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1a297b360905231145p1a8dca53jfd3069c7c90971b6@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Manu Abraham wrote: > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:16 PM, David Lister wrote: > >> *OT* I just remembered in connection with Linux DVB-S2 cards: in case >> some of you also heard about that new dual DVB-S2-CI tuner for PC's with >> full Linux support, you can forget about it. Or at least I can. When I >> pre-ordered directly from the Russian manufacturer (NetUP), they said >> the price for one would be $1000. What a rip-off... >> > > Indeed it is. > > Maybe you will get a DVB card with dual DVB-S2 and CI with hardware > H.264 decoder and HDMI out for a better deal. You might need to wait for > the hardware to be available though. > You appear to have different information. Their site and mail announcements don't mention any H.264 decoder, nor HDMI out. Even the photo says otherwise. This is the one I mean: http://www.netup.tv/en-EN/dual_dvb-s2-ci_card.php If what you say was true, (I wish it would), if it weren't a "budget" card, I wouldn't call it a rip-off -- it would be a pretty neat piece of HW. Still a bit pricey, but within limits. Unfortunately, from what I've gathered from the site, announcements and mails with the manufacturer, it is just a dual budget card. If so, it is a rip-off. :) -- Dave