On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Marco Borm <linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Henrik, > > one of the cards in my system is the dib0700 based "'Hauppauge Nova-T 500". > Compared with the "TerraTec Cinergy 1400" I would say that the receiver > sensitivity is worse but the main problem I have is that the card > consumes a loot of energy (8-13W), which is much more than the > Terratec(5-6W). That's a little bit weird USB itself should provide max 5V 500mA which would be 2.5 Watt; if it requires more then the device has to be self powered. Maybe you can try to use a different USB device (eg. storage) just for testing the consumption. USB is supposed to require alot power (the controller). You might try to unload the ehci/ohci driver too. Markus > I calculated this using measure values of the whole system captured with > a Conrad/Voltcraft Energy Monitor 3000. > Personally I am little bit shocked about that and wondering if this can > be true because the dib is a USB-device, but the Voltcraft is one of the > better measurement device. > Maybe the VIA usb-hub controller on the board is the problem?! > > Would be interesting of someone has the same or other experiences with > this card or other PCI based cards. Hauppauge ignores all my questions, > so I can't recomment products of this manufacturer anyway. > > > Greetings, > Marco > > H. Langos wrote: >> I've been trying to minimize energy consumption [...] But before running >> out in the street and buying the first dib0700 device I'd like to know if >> there are any devices that are >> >> - especially good [...] >> >> or >> >> - especially bad [...] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-dvb users mailing list >> For V4L/DVB development, please use instead linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx >> http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-dvb users mailing list > For V4L/DVB development, please use instead linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > _______________________________________________ linux-dvb users mailing list For V4L/DVB development, please use instead linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb