CityK wrote: > Michael Krufky wrote: > >> Luis Ochoa wrote: >>> 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 CityK, thanks for the correction... LG-H062F is the NIM, tua6034 tuner, and lgdt3303 demodulator. -- Michael Krufky
