Hi, On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, CityK wrote: >>> If so, from what I've heard, it only works with 8VSB -- NOT QAM signals. >>> Patrick told me that, and that is why I didnt buy it on ebay. $49.95 >>> buy-it-now! >> >> No, that was the r2 card, based on the Broadcom 3510. >> >> For more information regarding some confusion about the Air2PC see: >> >> http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2005-September/004600.html >> >> Anyways, the r3 does demodulate QAM -- you can read about some user >> experiences here: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=509869 >> > > In regards to the Broadcom 3510 based Air2PC r0.2 card still selling on ebay, > it appears from the Broadcom product brief > (http://www.broadcom.com/collateral/pb/3510-PB05-R.pdf ) that it should be > able to handle demodulation of a QAM source. Anyone know of any show > stoppers that might prevent that from being realized? (Patrick?) Maybe it is working with QAM64, I just tested it with QAM256 and there was a unreasonable high error rate. BBTI told me that there are some hardware problems (either in the demod or in the tuner not being able to shift QAM-signals correctly to IF) which prevent the device from being used with QAM. best regards, Patrick. -- Mail: patrick.boettcher@xxxxxxx WWW: http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettch/
