ATSC tuners (was: Re: New port: pvrxxx for Hauppauge PVR150/500)

[Dieter]

> > > The only supported ATSC tuner that I know about is the DViCO FusionHDTV5
> > > Lite that I wrote a driver for...
> > 
> > Last I read, you were still having problems, glad to hear it is considered
> > supported now!
> 
> Looks like Linux finally found out that they were missing the ability
> to read the SNR from the chip...  I'll add that to my capture program
> shortly...
> 
> I haven't had any issues w/ it for a while...

Sounds good.

> > >  (It is/was the least expensive at ~$90)
> > 
> > Zipzoomfly is selling the Artec T14A for US$59.99 including "free" shipping.
> > It is a USB device rather than PCI.
> 
> Looks like a good device...  I'd be more interested in USB hardware if
> we had a better USB stack...  I do know of the other USB stack under
> construction, but don't have enough interest to try it...

I'm interested in a USB tuner due to the out-of-slots problem, which will only
get worse as newer mainboarda have fewer and fewer PCI slots.  And of course
laptops have none.  Actually I'd prefer Ethernet, but just try and find one...