[vdr] Re: DVB-C

[Lauri Tischler <lauri.tischler@efore.fi>]

Jan Ekholm wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Rienecker, Fa. Evenio, ITS P, M wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Jan Ekholm [mailto:chakie@infa.abo.fi]
> >> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 1:07 PM
> >> To: vdr@linuxtv.org
> >> Subject: [vdr] DVB-C
> >>
> >[...]
> >>
> >> Is there btw something special with DVB-C cards? I can't seem to
> >> really find them anywhere. Most shops stock the S versions and some the T,
> >> but almost none has the C version, and those that seem to sell it don't
> >> have it in stock.
> >>
> >> I've so far only looked at the Hauppauge DVB-C card, I don't really know
> >> of any other ones that would work.
> >
> >No, actually not. IIRC, with the rev 2.1 the DVB-C/S/T are identical except
> >for the tuner.
> 
> Ok. What would explain that the C versions are so hard to find? Anyone
> know a supplier in Finland/Europe that actually has them in stock?
> 
> >BUT, DVB is not that well known in cable environments. E.g. in Germany you
> >will have next to no benefits switching to DVB as long as you stay with FTA
> >channels. And on top of that the private channels are not distributed via
> >DVB-cable :-(
> 
> In Finland we actually do get a few new channels. Nothing particularly
> interesting, and we won't get rid of analog cable TV just yet.
> 
> The alternative for us (if we want to record using a computer) is to throw
> a lot more money at the problem to get some serious grunt that can encode
> normal analog grabbed TV to MPEG or DivX, and that's a more expensive
> solution that getting a DVB card and using the current home built media
> machine for the task.

Another hard-to-get card appears to be the full-function DVB-T card,
if anybody knows where to get one. I would be grateful.


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