Re: pctv452e

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On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:51 AM, poma <pomidorabelisima@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Is this pctv452e device known to have poor reception?

Traditionally speaking, these problems are usually not the hardware
itself - it tends to be crappy Linux drivers.  Somebody gets support
working for a chip on some product, and then somebody else does a
cut/paste of the code to make some other product work.  They see it
getting signal lock under optimal tuning conditions and declare
success.

Making any given device work *well* tends to be much harder than
making it work at all.

Want to rule out bad hardware design?  Drop it into a Windows machine
and see how it performs.  If it works fine under Windows but poorly
under Linux, then you definitely have a Linux driver problem.

Devin

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Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs
http://www.kernellabs.com
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