On 09/11/12 20:52, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Every now and then I think I may get a DVB tuner for my computer. Now
> that Hannington has been upgraded to HD I could even watch/record stuff
> in HD (in theory) on my computer - our TV is still ye olde CRT.
>
> The Hauppauge PCTV Systems DVB-T2 290e nanoStick HD is apparently
> supported in Linux on 3.0 Kernel and above. It's also not so expensive
> on Amazon and other online retailers.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1) Do these kind of devices actually work? is the signal strength in
> Hampshire strong enough to get a decent picture without a proper
> external aerial? We can see the Hannington transmitter clearly from our
> house and our set-top DVB tuner has always claimed excellent signal
> strength.
I don't know, living in an area with very poor reception. I use a
Hauppauge PCI card with input from the amplified roof aerial.
>
> 2) Other than the kernel module, what other software is required? I see
> that both VLC and Kaffeine offer up digital TV as a video source.
Those should work for plain old-fashioned viewing. Or you could
consider the complicated world of MythTV for recording stuff.
>
> 3) What kind of CPU/GPU is required to render HD video? My desktop PC is
> a first generation AMD64 and the graphics card is a last generation
> basic AGP graphics card, so neither are whizzy by modern standard. They
> can playback MP4 files downloaded from the BBC fine but I wouldn't
> describe the playback as perfect.
Now that telly is digital, less processing power is required to display
the pictures than when analog video had to be converted. I've got an
Acer Revo displaying telly, including ITV and C4 HD. Note that BBC HD
uses DVB-S2 (rather than DVB-S), which requires different receiving
hardware.
>
> 4) I'm in no way attached the USB device I suggested and would welcome
> comments about it and of alternatives.
>
> As ever, thanks in advance.
I hope that helps.
cheers
Chris
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