From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.juropnet.hu ([212.24.188.131]:45723 "EHLO mail.juropnet.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751251AbZKPLiy (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:38:54 -0500 Received: from kabelnet-198-154.juropnet.hu ([91.147.198.154]) by mail.juropnet.hu with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N9zTQ-0001Q0-DM for linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:10:26 +0100 Message-ID: <4B0133A0.2090904@mailbox.hu> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:12:32 +0100 From: "istvan_v@mailbox.hu" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Newbie question about choosing a TV tuner card for Linux Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi! Can someone give me advice on which of these PCI TV tuner cards I should buy for use on Linux ? All are from a similar price range, but I do not know how they compare in terms of Linux support and picture quality. - Leadtek DTV 1800H A relatively cheap card based on CX2388x and XC3028 (?). I read it is a good value for the price, and may be supported on Linux, although some tricks/patches could be needed to get it to work. - Leadtek DTV 2000H Similar to the above card, but is an older model, the tuner is an FMD1216 in a tin can, and it is somewhat more expensive. Is that only because of more bundled Windows software, or is the different tuner a better one quality-wise ? How does the Linux support compare ? - AVerMedia Hybrid PCI+FM (A16AR or A16D) I think the cards currently available with this name are the newer A16D version, which uses SAA713x and XC3028. I would assume it is not a better card than the DTV 1800H, but the SAA713x is better supported on Linux ? - AVerMedia Studio 703 (M17H) This is an analogue-only card (not necessarily a problem, since not many DVB-T channels can be received where I live), and the only information I found about it is that it uses a "Philips/NXP" chipset. It is not included in the CARDLIST files of the kernel, so maybe it is not supported on Linux ?