[opendtv] Re: Not quite yet but getting closer
- From: Mark Aitken <maitken@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:46:38 -0500
FUD or...CAT (confidence, assurance, trust)?
;-)
John Shutt wrote:
>More FUD for the mix. Via Don Lung's RF Report.
>
>John
>
><http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=1082>
>
>New ATSC USB Tuner Includes LG 5G Chip
>
>In response to my article last week on the "sexy" Mobix USB 2.0 tuner for
>DVB-T terrestrial DTV reception on notebook computers, Sean Wallace sent me
>information and some circuit board photos of the new FusionHDTV5 USB Gold
>portable ATSC receiver by Dvico. It looks as if the VBox A-3560 USB 2.0
>receiver that I've been hauling around the country is now outdated!
>
>This is the third ATSC USB receiver I've seen. The first was the SASEM,
>which is now difficult to obtain. The second was the VBox, which was on
>display at NAB2005 and is readily available from on-line retailers such as
>Copperbox.com and VisibleLight.com. The new FusionHDTV5 USB Gold receiver is
>also available at Copperbox.com.
>
>The FusionHDTV5 USB is not as small and attractive as the Mobix receiver,
>but what's inside makes it interesting. The tuner includes the new LG/Zenith
>5th generation VSB decoder chip. This is the one that convinced VSB skeptics
>that 8-VSB might work after all. Like the VBox, the receiver is powered from
>the USB bus, but unlike the Vbox, it can also receive and record standard
>NTSC analog TV. A remote control is also available. Advanced recording
>features include HD to DVD, HD to DViX and direct MPEG2 recording of the
>ATSC stream. Not clear is whether these format conversions are supported in
>hardware or if they are software based.
>
>Copperbox.com has more detailed specifications than the FusionHDTV USB Gold
><http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/eng/Products/HDTV5usb.aspx> product page.
>Copperbox lists the tuner as the LG H062F, the demodulator as the LG DT3303,
>the MPEG decoder as the Conexant CX25843 and the main chipset as a CY68013A.
>
>Wallace reported the box is great at pulling in signals. From his location
>south of Washington D.C., he was able to pull in Baltimore DTV stations
>using a Silver Sensor antenna indoors. Unfortunately, he experienced
>problems with the receiver and its software crashing his computer on certain
>channels. I've experienced this too with the VBox receiver, but it appears
>to be a software problem, as newer versions of TSReader and the AtmosWeb
>software seem to handle the streams better. Wallace wondered how stations
>would respond to these problems. "Can you just imagine the angry people
>calling in to the station and sputtering about how 'your TV channel crashes
>my computer!!'"
>
>In addition to the report from Wallace, Bob Behar reported that he was able
>to receive most of the local Miami DTV stations in his office using the
>FusionHDTV5 USB tuner and the small telescoping whip antenna that comes with
>it. Miami has a mixture of UHF and high-VHF DTV channels.
>
>
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