18 months? There were USB DVB-T receivers 3 years ago and a PCMCIA card well before that. Bob Miller Rod Hewitt wrote: >I was given one of these to see how well it worked with my TSReader app. >It's supplied with BDA drivers (so it'll work with MCE) and a playback app >for users that don't have MCE. The standard playback app is VERY poor. > >The thing gets incredibly hot - even with vent holes on the side it's too >hot to hold for any length of time. I haven't measured the current it uses >but it's got to be pretty close to the 500mA maximum for USB. In contrast, a >Freecom DVB-T stick receiver hardly generates any heat! > >Internally the Artec uses: > >a) a Cypress FX2 micro-controller to handle setup, I2C passthrough and data >transfer. >b) a Microtune MT2060 tuner >c) an LG 5th generation demodulator > >I reverse engineered their USB protocol to write my own driver for the thing >since the BDA driver was dropping packets from time-to-time. Saw the same >issue with my code and interestingly the packet loss happens exactly every >55 seconds so I suspect either there's a design issue (perhaps related to >the heat) or there's some RF making its way inside the thing and that's >causing the loss - need some more research. > >In theory the thing is also capable of receiving QAM since it's got the LG >demod, but I haven't figured out how to make this work right yet. Anyone >with register level setup experience with the MT2060 and LGDT3303 feel free >to email me! > >Nice to see a small 8VSB receiver though - we're now only 18 months behind >the DVB-T guys in this regard! > >Rod > > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Kon Wilms [mailto:kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx] >>Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:23 >>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [opendtv] Re: 20060726 Wolfsson's Wednesday Words (Mark'sMonday >>Memo) >> >>This device uses standard directshow drivers with VMR rendering. Any >>extra requirements are due to defective software i.e. MCE. And you >>absolutely do not need MCE for it to work. >> >>I wonder if it exposes the transport pins? :) Still, the price doesn't >>really make it interesting enough to waste 90 bucks on in order to find >>out. >> >>Does anyone know how the chipset in this performs? >> >>Cheers >>Kon >> >>On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 09:16 -0400, John Shutt wrote: >> >> >>>Mark Schubin wrote: >>> >>>- Artec's T14A is a tiny USB ATSC receiver for $89, including antenna: >>><http://www.artec.com.tw/ehtm/be124.htm> >>> This story says, "You'll also need an analog TV tuner installed on >>> >>> >>your >> >> >>>machine": >>><http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/334/C8775/> >>> >>> >>>The article in mobile mag left out a bit when re-writing the original >>>Gizmodo article: >>> >>>"It includes Windows XP Media Center Edition drivers, but keep in mind, >>> >>> >>if >> >> >>>you want to use that, you'll also need a separate analog TV tuner >>> >>> >>installed. >> >> >>>It's $89 with free shipping. There must be a catch. This we gotta try." >>> >>>So it sounds like you need the analog tuner card for WinMCE to be happy, >>>although one reviewer at PC Alchemy said he got it to work on his laptop >>>with WinMCE but no analog tuner. >>> >>>Reviews of the unit are not encouraging, although the effort is >>> >>> >>definately a >> >> >>>step in the right direction. >>> >>> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.