From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.186]:49918 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752145AbZIJQSY (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:18:24 -0400 Message-ID: <4AA926AC.20206@nildram.co.uk> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:17:48 +0100 From: Lou Otway Reply-To: lotway@nildram.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Christian_Watteng=E5rd?= CC: linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-dvb@linuxtv.org, aospan@netup.ru Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] NetUP Dual DVB-T/C-CI RF PCI-E x1 References: <1252507872.29643.330.camel@alkaloid.netup.ru> <42619c130909100014hdd80d02y43f8a7120548332@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42619c130909100014hdd80d02y43f8a7120548332@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Christian Wattengård wrote: > This sounds promising. I hope you are not going to price yourselves > completely out as a few other DVB-C suppliers have done. > If the price is right (around the same as a normal DVB-T tuner ~$65), > it definitely sounds interesting. > > When you say it supports two transponders, is this also true on DVB-C > only... As in DVB-C + DVB-C channel... > If this is the case then I only need 3 cards to cover all the > interesting channels in my cable network ;) > I CAN TIMESHIFT THE WORLD!!! MUHAHAHAhaha... *cough* > > But seriously... This sounds very interesting. > > Christian from Norway... > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Abylai Ospan wrote: >> Hello, >> >> We have designed NetUP Dual NetUP Dual DVB-T/C-CI RF PCI-E x1 card. A short >> description is available in wiki - http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/NetUP_Dual_DVB_T_C_CI_RF >> >> Features: >> * PCI-e x1 >> * Supports two DVB-T/DVB-C transponders simultaneously >> * Supports two analog audio/video channels simultaneously >> * Independent descrambling of two transponders >> * Hardware PID filtering >> >> Now we have started the work on the driver for Linux. The following components used in this card already have their code for Linux published: >> * Conexant CX23885, CX25840 >> * Xceive XC5000 silicon TV tuner >> >> We are working on the code for the following components: >> * STM STV0367 low-power and ultra-compact combo DVB-T/C single-chip receiver >> * Altera FPGA for Common Interafce. >> >> We have developed FPGA firmware for CI (according to PCMCIA/en50221). Also we are doing "hardware" PID filtering. It's fast and very flexible. JTAG is used for firmware uploading into FPGA - >> this part contains "JAM player" from Altera for processing JAM STAPL Byte-Code (.jbc files). >> >> The resulting code will be published under GPL after receiving permissions from IC vendors. >> >> -- >> Abylai Ospan >> NetUP Inc. >> >> P.S. >> We will show this card at the upcoming IBC exhibition ( stand IP402 ). >> The Netup dual DVB-S2 card was around $1000, I doubt the Dual DVB-T will be an order of magnitude less expensive. I'd be interested to know how many they've sold, it seems overpriced to me. BRs, Lou