[opendtv] Re: 20060726 Wolfsson's Wednesday Words (Mark'sMonday Memo)
- From: "Rod Hewitt" <rod@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:05:38 -0400
I meant in the stick format.
Rod
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Miller [mailto:bob@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 18:07
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: 20060726 Wolfsson's Wednesday Words (Mark'sMonday
> Memo)
>
> 18 months? There were USB DVB-T receivers 3 years ago and a PCMCIA card
> well before that.
>
> Bob Miller
>
> Rod Hewitt wrote:
>
> >I was given one of these to see how well it worked with my TSReader app.
> >It's supplied with BDA drivers (so it'll work with MCE) and a playback
> app
> >for users that don't have MCE. The standard playback app is VERY poor.
> >
> >The thing gets incredibly hot - even with vent holes on the side it's too
> >hot to hold for any length of time. I haven't measured the current it
> uses
> >but it's got to be pretty close to the 500mA maximum for USB. In
> contrast, a
> >Freecom DVB-T stick receiver hardly generates any heat!
> >
> >Internally the Artec uses:
> >
> >a) a Cypress FX2 micro-controller to handle setup, I2C passthrough and
> data
> >transfer.
> >b) a Microtune MT2060 tuner
> >c) an LG 5th generation demodulator
> >
> >I reverse engineered their USB protocol to write my own driver for the
> thing
> >since the BDA driver was dropping packets from time-to-time. Saw the same
> >issue with my code and interestingly the packet loss happens exactly
> every
> >55 seconds so I suspect either there's a design issue (perhaps related to
> >the heat) or there's some RF making its way inside the thing and that's
> >causing the loss - need some more research.
> >
> >In theory the thing is also capable of receiving QAM since it's got the
> LG
> >demod, but I haven't figured out how to make this work right yet. Anyone
> >with register level setup experience with the MT2060 and LGDT3303 feel
> free
> >to email me!
> >
> >Nice to see a small 8VSB receiver though - we're now only 18 months
> behind
> >the DVB-T guys in this regard!
> >
> >Rod
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Kon Wilms [mailto:kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >>Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:23
> >>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: [opendtv] Re: 20060726 Wolfsson's Wednesday Words (Mark'sMonday
> >>Memo)
> >>
> >>This device uses standard directshow drivers with VMR rendering. Any
> >>extra requirements are due to defective software i.e. MCE. And you
> >>absolutely do not need MCE for it to work.
> >>
> >>I wonder if it exposes the transport pins? :) Still, the price doesn't
> >>really make it interesting enough to waste 90 bucks on in order to find
> >>out.
> >>
> >>Does anyone know how the chipset in this performs?
> >>
> >>Cheers
> >>Kon
> >>
> >>On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 09:16 -0400, John Shutt wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Mark Schubin wrote:
> >>>
> >>>- Artec's T14A is a tiny USB ATSC receiver for $89, including antenna:
> >>><http://www.artec.com.tw/ehtm/be124.htm>
> >>> This story says, "You'll also need an analog TV tuner installed on
> >>>
> >>>
> >>your
> >>
> >>
> >>>machine":
> >>><http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/334/C8775/>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>The article in mobile mag left out a bit when re-writing the original
> >>>Gizmodo article:
> >>>
> >>>"It includes Windows XP Media Center Edition drivers, but keep in mind,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>if
> >>
> >>
> >>>you want to use that, you'll also need a separate analog TV tuner
> >>>
> >>>
> >>installed.
> >>
> >>
> >>>It's $89 with free shipping. There must be a catch. This we gotta try."
> >>>
> >>>So it sounds like you need the analog tuner card for WinMCE to be
> happy,
> >>>although one reviewer at PC Alchemy said he got it to work on his
> laptop
> >>>with WinMCE but no analog tuner.
> >>>
> >>>Reviews of the unit are not encouraging, although the effort is
> >>>
> >>>
> >>definately a
> >>
> >>
> >>>step in the right direction.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
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