Michael Krufky wrote: > Luis Ochoa wrote: > >> Michael, ... >> are you talking here about the "Lite" version? >> composite/s-video/breakout box? My card is a Lite and >> I only have a coax-in connector.....I can see a connection behind the >> mounting bracket, is it functional? > > I am talking about the Lite model, but the Gold model works as well. > The connection behind the mounting bracket is exactly the connection > that I'm talking about -- it works. I have no idea why DViCO chose to > hide that behind a metal plate, but I have the card installed in my > system without the plate at all. You can probably pick up a new metal > plate with a hole cut out for s-video... I'll leave that to you ;-) Interestingly, the Lite versions offered in Korea do not have the connector blocked off: http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/KOR/Products/Fusion5Lite.aspx http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/KOR/Products/Fusion5LitePlus.aspx >> list like crazy for the past week or so, when you guys talk about the >> frontend, what is it? is it the actual part of the board that does the >> "tuning", the big metal box? Sorry for the noobiness here. > > The big metal box is the TUNER... In your case, it's a LG-H062F ... > Inside that box, there is a tua6034 pll (this does the actual tuning), > tda9887 IF demod, and lgdt3303 atsc demod ... That last item is what > we have been referring to as a "frontend." I'm not certain as to the discussion Micheal & Luis are reffering too, but I would define the "frontend" of a card as being the both the tuner and demodulator(s). When the demodulator(s) is/(are) contained within the metal housing surrounding the tuner you will often find this referred to as a NIM (Network Interface Module) or, less frequently, as a ITD (Integrated Tuner Demodulator). But a frontend need not have its demodulator(s) contained within the tuner section -- examples of which are the pchdtv cards, which have their Oren demods exposed on the surface of the cards
