[opendtv] Re: TV Technology: Destination Repack: Not Enough Time, Money

  • From: Ron Economos <w6rz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 11:08:22 -0700

There's all kinds of USB tuners out there. It only takes three chips these days. Here's what I use for my DVB-T2 experiments.

http://www.pctvsystems.com/Products/ProductsEuropeAsia/Hybridproducts/PCTVtripleStick/tabid/308/language/en-US/Default.aspx

Here are some pictures of the inards.

http://blog.palosaari.fi/2014/04/naked-hardware-15-pctv-triplestick-292e.html

The small RF input is an MCX connector. Usually an adapter is used to connect with an F connector or "PAL" (Belling-Lee) connector (or in my case, SMA).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCX_connector

An HDMI stick would be more complex, but seems entirely doable.

Ron

On 10/22/2016 04:21 AM, Craig Birkmaier wrote:

On Oct 21, 2016, at 9:06 PM, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

In the context of the article, I think the assumption is that broadcasters will 
take it upon themselves to either sell or give away HDMI sticks, or similar 
low-cost options. People will definitely notice, since a good 20% or more are 
now using OTA TV.
How would an HDMI stick work Bert?

It would need an antenna connection, tuner, decoder etc. more likely a small 
STB with an HDMI connection to the TV.


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