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Thanks Jarod, The question my wife asked was "could we get a portable tv so I wan watch tv on the deck". The deck has AC power, but no cable, but we can easily see the Needham antenna farm. So, for about $200 I could buy a portable (or small screen) digital TV set, or get a USB tuner. The UB435Q seems to fit the bill. The only real question is how would the reception be using the built-in antenna, but for $30+shipping, it appears to be a good deal and has some good reviews. The Hauppauge HVR-850 looks good at $60, but it needs an external antenna. I'm doing a bit more research, but I might bi\uy one of the units before next month's meeting. On 06/22/2009 12:15 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote: > > If you want it to Just Work and want both OTA and cable support (not =20 > to mention both analog and digital support), I'd say get the Hauppauge = =20 > HVR-950Q. Not the cheapest, but its very well supported. If digital =20 > cable really doesn't matter, the Hauppauge HVR-850 would fit the bill. > > The only other usb stick I have direct experience with is the KWorld =20 > PlusTV 340U, which is no longer shipping, at least, not as the 340U =20 > anymore -- its been externally rebadged UB-435Q, but says 340U rev B =20 > on the internal PCB... I have the rev A 340U working quite well now =20 > under Linux, with my patches for it pending inclusion in the upstream = > v4l-dvb mercurial tree. The rev B. is identical, save the tuner, which = =20 > actually complicates things on the Linux side, since the tuner needs =20 > to be set up differently, but we currently have no way to tell which =20 > tuner version is present until we configure the tuner... incorrectly, = > in the case of the rev. B... > > Not particularly familiar with any other devices. > > =20 --=20 Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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