From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from bld-mail16.adl2.internode.on.net ([150.101.137.101]:47836 "EHLO mail.internode.on.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755808Ab0EXGjh (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2010 02:39:37 -0400 Message-ID: <4BFA1F26.7070709@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 16:39:34 +1000 From: Jed MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stefan Richter CC: Linux Media Mailing List Subject: Re: ideal DVB-C PCI/e card? [linux-media] References: <4BF8D735.9070400@gmail.com> <4BF9717D.9080209@s5r6.in-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <4BF9717D.9080209@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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! Thanks, Jed On 24/05/10 4:18 AM, Stefan Richter wrote: > Jed wrote: >> 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.