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!

Cheers,
Jed