Re: TV USB Stick

> On Jun 22, 2009, at 2:25 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
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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.
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> Neither one has a built-in antenna, they both have coax f-type  
> connectors on the ends of 'em. At least so far as I know... I have an  
> HVR-950 (pre-Q version, now sold as the 850) and the precursor to the  
> UB435Q both here in front of me, they both require an external  
> antenna. However, they both get pretty good reception using a ~$30  
> amplified antenna out here in Westford, and I believe both sticks come  
> with a cheapo mast antenna, which actually works surprisingly well out  
> here, and should work even better at your location...
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>> I'm doing a
>> bit more research, but I might bi\uy one of the units before next
>> month's meeting.
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> Don't expect the UB435Q to Just Work under Linux yet though, support  
> isn't likely to hit the mainline kernel until probably 2.6.32 at the  
> current rate of progress...
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>> On 06/22/2009 12:15 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
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>>> If you want it to Just Work and want both OTA and cable support (not
>>> to mention both analog and digital support), I'd say get the  
>>> Hauppauge
>>> HVR-950Q. Not the cheapest, but its very well supported. If digital
>>> cable really doesn't matter, the Hauppauge HVR-850 would fit the  
>>> bill.
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>>> The only other usb stick I have direct experience with is the KWorld
>>> PlusTV 340U, which is no longer shipping, at least, not as the 340U
>>> anymore -- its been externally rebadged UB-435Q, but says 340U rev B
>>> on the internal PCB... I have the rev A 340U working quite well now
>>> 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
>>> actually complicates things on the Linux side, since the tuner needs
>>> to be set up differently, but we currently have no way to tell which
>>> tuner version is present until we configure the tuner... incorrectly,
>>> in the case of the rev. B...
>>>
>>> Not particularly familiar with any other devices.
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