[opendtv] DTV Software Tuner Standards was: Re: FCC's stringent digital TV tuner standards
- From: Kon Wilms <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 08:33:37 -0700
Now if only they would extend that thought process to the driver side of
PCTV tuner boards.
Too many card manufacturers are either charging for information (up to
$2k!) or locking their directshow drivers to their cards so no 3rd party
can use them. This means one cannot add functionality to certain cards
like the FusionHDTV.
The amount of spaghetti code (even in SDKs) and bad drivers (memory
leaks, directshow bugs, system lockups) also floors me.
Why do these factors not get any attention anywhere? This is as
important as the hardware standards.
Cheers
Kon
Mark Aitken wrote:
> Funny...I was not aware that the FCC had imposed "stringent digital TV
> tuner standards" on the CE industry. The things you find out in magazines...
> ;-)
>
> http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=517
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