On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:39 AM, barry bouwsma <free_beer_for_all@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Moin! > > I'm sure it's far too early, but I thought I'd ask just in case > someone might know more than I do... > > Sometime Real Soon Now or Right About Now there should be available > a new USB device from TerraTec, capable of supporting DVB-C and DVB-T, > as well as analog radio/TV, and with a USB2 connection (vital for > successful DVB-C viewing, not critical for SDTV over DVB-T). > > Unfortunately, I haven't found detailed hardware info, and what I have > found refers to ``USB 2.0 compatible'', which sounds to me that it > might really be a USB 1 device with inadequate bandwidth for HDTV > or high quality SDTV, like the Cinergy Piranha... > it is a full USB 2.0 compatible device, possibly with PID filtering to support USB 1.1 > Can anyone say if this device could potentially be supported in the > future, either by vendor-supplied drivers, or by containing supported/ > supportable chipsets within? I suspect it may be some weeks before > anyone can. > > > There's some Vista/XP 32/64-bit drivers available from TerraTec > recently for download. Perhaps there will be come useful info > within directory > Cinergy HTC USB XS HD/BDA Driver 5.8.430.0/ > such as > ; Cinergy HTC USB XS (EM2883 DVB-T & DVB-C & analog TV/FM & audio) > %Cinergy.DeviceDesc% = Cinergy.NTx86,USB\VID_0CCD&PID_008E > or > ;;;HKR,settings\OEMSettings,TunerID7 ,0x00010001,21 ;CFG7 = SAM9082 > > > I don't have the device; my inquiries about availability have not > yet turned up positive so I'm not able to think about ordering one, > but if someone has more info or better contacts, and could say > something definitive (like, maybe, or no way) then I'd love to hear > it. Searches have turned up heaps of press releases but no obvious > technical info. Of course, it's way early. > > > > If I understand correctly, there are no simple DVB-C devices out there > that have a true USB2 interface, which are supported under Linux, > other than a few significantly more expensive devices, most with > CAM/CI support, which doesn't interest me, so this has caught my > attention. Also being a hybrid, though conveniently switching > between DVB-T and DVB-C is certainly not practical with one RF input > > It's an Empia based design with the latest available Hardware components. There have been discussions about those devices and as far as I can write support is planned for it. Markus _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
