[linux-dvb] cheap USB DVB-T stick (Club3D ZAP-TV240M?)

[P. van Gaans]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I've seen the Digitelmo for €14,95 a while ago, 
but I would really like a USB stick.

I wanted to buy the Freecom but was checking out if the seller was 
reliable - and at the same time he upped the price from €20 to €30. 
Knowing what profit he makes now I feel less like buying :-(.

Does anyone know if the following device would work: 
http://www.club3d.nl/index.php/products/zaptv/item/14 (Club3D 
ZAP-TV240M)? The 250M is supported but twice as expensive.

Pim

Tobias Stoeber wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> well, I bought my Yakumo ~9 month ago at 39,95 Euro (local "real" super 
> market), the price in Ebay was around 59 Euro at that time, so it was 
> sold out rather quickly. But they got new ones and actually they still 
> have a few in the shelves now.
> 
> Regarding Ebay: well, it really depends. There are times where prices 
> are low with a few sellers on different products, a week later prices 
> are high again.
> 
> I don'*t know, if the stick is still in production. As there are some 
> fashions of Freecom/Yakumo sticks (to tell you have to look at the usb 
> ids), I can imagine, that maybe a seller has aquired some quantities of 
> an older model to sell for a lower price. In case of linux support, its 
> always wise not to jump to the newest (unsupported) product.
> 
> I'm very happy with my Yakumo (ids 14aa:0225 / 14aa:0226), so I can 
> really recommend it.
> 
> For an older notebook I purchased a PCMCIA card "Viola DIGITELMO 1", 
> then at also 39 Euro. It it still sold here in local markets for about 
> 69 Euro and in the internet it's "given away" for 24,95 (!)
> http://www.pollin.de/shop/detail.php?pg=OA==&a=NzMyOTkyOTk=&w=Mjk4OTM5&ts=0
> 
> Unfortunately the linux driver is not complete yet. The windows driver 
> is a mess and the card gains quite some temperature while in use :(
> 
> Okay, good luck with your DVB-T experience :)
> 
> Tobias
> 
> P. van Gaans schrieb:
> 
>> Thanks! The Freecom used to be very expensive, on eBay too, this must 
>> have changed. I hope the sticks themselves are still the same. A while 
>> ago I was looking for the Yakumo too, but just when I wanted to buy it 
>> was taken of the shelves.
>>
>> I'll try this.
>>
>> Tobias Stoeber wrote:
>>
>>> Hi again,
>>>
>>> regarding the Freecom Stick, just try Ebay:
>>>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170096510925&category=136539 
>>>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130096954739&category=136539 
>>>
>>> http://item.express.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ExpressItem&item=270105845628 
>>>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130088651308&category=136539 
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards, Tobias
>>>
>>> P. van Gaans schrieb:
>>>
>>>> I completely lost it here. I'm trying to buy an affordable (max 35 
>>>> euro) USB DVB-T stick in The Netherlands or Germany. But the wiki is 
>>>> completely outdated and I have no idea how to figure out what stick 
>>>> works. Nothing from the Wiki is on the shelves, apart from the 
>>>> Freecom for 60 euro here and there. The MSI Mega Sky 580, now 
>>>> finally supported, was taken of the shelves yesterday (seriously).
>>>>
>>>> I only have two real requirements: possibility to attach an external 
>>>> antenna, and affordable. And supported by Linux of course. Any 
>>>> suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Pim
>>>>
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>>>
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