Re: [Hampshire] Freeview DVB Tuners

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Author: Steve Miller
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Freeview DVB Tuners
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> On 03/11/14 00:38, Steve Miller wrote:
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>>> On Sun, 02 Nov 2014 23:23:24 +0000, linux@??? said:
>>>
>>>> Can anyone recommend an HD Freeview TV card that works with Linux.
>>> I use a PCTV nanoStick T2 290e (http://stevekerrison.com/290e/).
>>> It's USB
>>> rather than "a card", but it receives HD Freeview nicely.
>>>
>> I use a TBS620 dual-tuner DVB-T/DVB-T2 PCIe card which does both
>> standard and HD. Unfortunately the drivers are not included in the
>> main Linux kernel. TBS do release updates to their drivers twice a year
>> or so but sometimes there is a little messing around needed to get them
>> to compile with very recent kernels.
>>
>
> Thanks for those recommendations. My search skills are failing me when
> trying to find the TBS620 though. I already have an SD tuner, so now
> I'm thinking, rather than upgrade the whole thing, go for the 290e for
> the ability to record an HD channel and hang on to my existing tuner
> for the SD stuff.
>
> Leo
>

Sorry, that's because I mistyped it. Look for TBS 6280 and
http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/TBS6280


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