On Dec 12, 2007 11:23 AM, CityK <CityK@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Good news, bad news situation. > > John Drescher wrote: > > Any word on if this card (Leadtek WinFast HDTV Cinema) is supported or not? > > > > http://www.leadtek.com/eng/tv_tuner/overview.asp?lineid=6&pronameid=359 > > Bad news: > Turning to the wiki, you will see that it is currently unsupported --> > Thanks. I did not see that page when I searched. I guess I used the wrong search terms. > > Good news: > Glancing at the card, it is evident that: > - it is using the Philips TUV1236D NIM > - the shape of the decoder/bridge looks to be the saa7135 > - 18 pin IC which I assume is for the remote. > - there is a 8 pin eeprom on the back (and having a eeprom is always a > good thing) > > Therefore, other then being low profile, the card looks to be very > similar in block design as other supported cards -- specifically, the > KWorld 11x cards. > > At this point (based upon my visual inspection), I would say that odds > are pretty good that it would be fairly trivial to add support for this > device. > > Here's where you can help if you have such a device already: > No, I do not have the card. I was considering purchasing this card or an kworld 115 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815260005 > > - confirm the identity of the decoder/bridge IC ... I can't make it out > from the pics on Leadtek's site or newegg, but like I said, I imagine > its the saa7135 ... might be using NXP's logo now instead of the former > Philips > > - identify the 18 pin IC to the right of the tuner module and above the > decoder/bridge IC ..... this may very well be the same as the one used > on the KWorld cards ... unfortunately, the IC on the KWorld cards is > labelled only with an entirely non-identifiable "KS007" .... no one has > been able to ascertain the true identity of the IC, and potentially find > a datasheet for it ... finding a datasheet for it would likely be very > beneficial ... support for the KWorld cards' remote has never been > finalized because, although patches exist, said support is not perfect > and appears to conflict with some other devices....it certainly would be > nice to bring some closure to that end if possible. > Other than the problems with remote do the Kworld cards work well? I am mostly concerned with HD content over QAM256. John _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
