From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.kapsi.fi ([217.30.184.167]:34652 "EHLO mail.kapsi.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754211Ab2K2Phh (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:37:37 -0500 Message-ID: <50B78121.7050003@iki.fi> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:37:05 +0200 From: Antti Palosaari MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "P. van Gaans" CC: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Available and supported DVB-C USB device References: <50B6B9E7.4010803@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <50B6B9E7.4010803@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 11/29/2012 03:27 AM, P. van Gaans wrote: > I'm living in The Netherlands and am looking for a DVB-C USB device > that's available, supported and (preferably) affordable. Devices that > are available and affordable would appear to be the Delock DVB-C USB > stick (which I can't find a whole lot about) and the MSI DigiVox mini Trio. > > According to a message on the mailinglist from 2010 by Matthias Larisch: > > "I recently bought a DigiVox Trio by MSI. This card contains the > following chips: > > nxp tda18271hdc2 (tuner) > micronas drx 3926ka3 (demodulator, 3in1) > em2884 > atmlh946 64c (eeprom) > micronas avf 4910ba1 > > so it is comparable to the Terratec Cinergy HTC USB XS HD and the > TerraTec H5." > > Back in 2010 it didn't work, but I've noticed the EM2884 and Micronas > DRX 3926K (maybe not the same?) and TDA18271HDC2 do work in the PCTV > QuatroStick nano. (http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-C_USB_Devices) > So perhaps the MSI could also work? > > Or maybe someone has suggestions for a suitable device. Most of the > devices on the wiki page are sadly either unavailable or very expensive. > > Best regards, > > Pim I prefer to look Anysee, PCTV and Hauppauge models. There is not very many DVB-C USB devices available and even less which are supported on Linux. regards Antti -- http://palosaari.fi/