[Bdadev-discuss] New DVB-T card in town...

[Robert S. <rob...@gm...>]

Hi,

I went out and bought myself a DVB-T card today, branded "Lorenzen SL DVB-T
PCI". It is actually another Technotrend "budget" design, but a completely
new one. The board is marked "TT2002.52", "B2T1110", "Rev1.1" and has the
PCI ID PCI\VEN_1131&DEV_7146&SUBSYS_110113C2. The DVB-T frontend has been
changed completely: Instead of the Grundig tuner module, there is now:

1. Philips TDM1316L Tuner Module (UHF/VHF)
2. Philips TDA9889 DVB AGC Amplifier
3. Philips TDA10045H DVB-T Demodulator

The PCI chip is still the same old SAA7146A. It looks like the board is
ready for a CI module connector, but this has not been equipped on my card.

Anyway, the point is: Supposedly, Hauppauge is now selling _this_ card in
the UK, still branded as "NOVA-T". I have seen some unhappy remarks from
Linux users who found their new card will not work with any existing Linux
driver. You may want to add some comment to your Nova-T BDA driver in the
CVS that this will not work with the newer Nova-T incarnation...

Unfortunately, the programming information for the TDM1316L and the
TDA10045H do not seem to be available yet, the Linux guys are struggling to
get at them as well :( If any of you come across these or know where to get
them, please let me know...

P.S.: I tried the card with the Technotrend software and got pretty ok
results - 25 TV stations total available here, all free-to-air :) Can
anyone beat that? :)

Regards,
--
Robert Schlabbach
e-mail: rob...@gm...
Berlin, Germany