[opensuse] pcHDTV HD-5500 - HDTV for your Linux desktop
"The HD-5500 is a HDTV tuner card, that recieves free over the high-def broadcasts, as well as unencrypted QAM through your local cable provider. The included xine-hd program allows for the user to watch HDTV in a window. Screenshots are available to see what the card can do. This card is available only for Linux." http://lunapark6.com/?p=2992 -- Remember, a consumer is a customer with no choice. DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.' -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
"The HD-5500 is a HDTV tuner card, that recieves free over the high-def broadcasts, as well as unencrypted QAM through your local cable provider. The included xine-hd program allows for the user to watch HDTV in a window. Screenshots are available to see what the card can do. This card is available only for Linux."
Nice. shame it's NTSC and ATSC only though. I was all ready to buy one... and then realized... no PAL, No DVB-S, C, or T... so those of us who live outside of the US, Canada, South Korea, Argentina, and Mexico are out of luck with this particular card. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Clayton wrote:
"The HD-5500 is a HDTV tuner card, that recieves free over the high-def broadcasts, as well as unencrypted QAM through your local cable provider. The included xine-hd program allows for the user to watch HDTV in a window. Screenshots are available to see what the card can do. This card is available only for Linux."
Nice. shame it's NTSC and ATSC only though. I was all ready to buy one... and then realized... no PAL, No DVB-S, C, or T... so those of us who live outside of the US, Canada, South Korea, Argentina, and Mexico are out of luck with this particular card.
You're in Europe, right? (I'm in Australia as you know.) Just before Christmas I bought the TechniSat card which is manufactured in Germany (www.technisat.de). This card works with Windows (the software which comes with it is Windows) but it is also supported under Linux - I use both Kaffeine and Xine with it. The HDTV is astounding (if you like that sort of thing). The card comes in 3 flavours as I understand it - I bought the Terrestial reception one. Cheers. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
"The HD-5500 is a HDTV tuner card, that recieves free over the high-def broadcasts, as well as unencrypted QAM through your local cable provider. The included xine-hd program allows for the user to watch HDTV in a window. Screenshots are available to see what the card can do. This card is available only for Linux."
http://lunapark6.com/?p=2992 Nice. shame it's NTSC and ATSC only though. I was all ready to buy one... and then realized... no PAL, No DVB-S, C, or T... so those of us who live outside of the US, Canada, South Korea, Argentina, and Mexico are out of luck with this particular card. GNU radio looks very interesting ( http://gnuradio.org/trac and http://www.ettus.com/ for an implementation of the hardware-- the schematics are freely available though, naturally). It's theoretically capable of usefully receiving any radio transmission between 50Hz and 2.9GHz (there are about ten bands each requiring a module), and US HDTV has been decoded from it, so it could make a *very* interesting hobby
Clayton wrote: project to get it working with a local flavour of DVB-T at HDTV resolution. Not for the faint of heart, and certainly not Plug and Play :-) Russell Jones -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 06:35, Clayton wrote:
"The HD-5500 is a HDTV tuner card, that recieves free over the high-def broadcasts, as well as unencrypted QAM through your local cable provider. The included xine-hd program allows for the user to watch HDTV in a window. Screenshots are available to see what the card can do. This card is available only for Linux."
Nice. shame it's NTSC and ATSC only though. I was all ready to buy one... and then realized... no PAL, No DVB-S, C, or T... so those of us who live outside of the US, Canada, South Korea, Argentina, and Mexico are out of luck with this particular card.
We're out of luck here in the states too if one can't get cable out in the woods :-( -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed February 14 2007 9:25 am, JB scratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer:
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 06:35, Clayton wrote:
"The HD-5500 is a HDTV tuner card, that recieves free over the high-def broadcasts, as well as unencrypted QAM through your local cable provider. The included xine-hd program allows for the user to watch HDTV in a window. Screenshots are available to see what the card can do. This card is available only for Linux."
Nice. shame it's NTSC and ATSC only though. I was all ready to buy one... and then realized... no PAL, No DVB-S, C, or T... so those of us who live outside of the US, Canada, South Korea, Argentina, and Mexico are out of luck with this particular card.
We're out of luck here in the states too if one can't get cable out in the woods :-(
Depends, can you get "regular" thru the air telly from your local stations? Newsweek had a story about folks being able to get their local stations HD broadcasts w/ "rabbit ears" type antennae . That has thrown a monkey wrench into the local folks plans to charge "plenty money" for those broadcasts.. but it seems you don't need anything else. Wish I could remember the cite. But, it was in the dead tree version , last week or the one before. ( I read it at the hairdresser's ) There might be something on their website. ( Newsweek) -- j -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 09:17, jfweber@gilweber.com wrote:
On Wed February 14 2007 9:25 am, JB scratched these words onto a coconut
shell, hoping for an answer:
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 06:35, Clayton wrote:
"The HD-5500 is a HDTV tuner card, that recieves free over the high-def broadcasts, as well as unencrypted QAM through your local cable provider. The included xine-hd program allows for the user to watch HDTV in a window. Screenshots are available to see what the card can do. This card is available only for Linux."
Nice. shame it's NTSC and ATSC only though. I was all ready to buy one... and then realized... no PAL, No DVB-S, C, or T... so those of us who live outside of the US, Canada, South Korea, Argentina, and Mexico are out of luck with this particular card.
We're out of luck here in the states too if one can't get cable out in the woods :-(
Depends, can you get "regular" thru the air telly from your local stations? Newsweek had a story about folks being able to get their local stations HD broadcasts w/ "rabbit ears" type antennae .
Heh...we have 2 whole channels to choose from with regular 'network' TV, and are still hard to pick up way out where I'm at. They both suck horrendously (programs they show) and neither broadcasts anything HD. Thanks though. Maybe someone else will get something out of what you found. It sounds interesting at least. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 09:59 -0600, JB wrote:
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 09:17, jfweber@gilweber.com wrote:
On Wed February 14 2007 9:25 am, JB scratched these words onto a coconut
shell, hoping for an answer:
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 06:35, Clayton wrote:
"The HD-5500 is a HDTV tuner card, that recieves free over the high-def broadcasts, as well as unencrypted QAM through your local cable provider. The included xine-hd program allows for the user to watch HDTV in a window. Screenshots are available to see what the card can do. This card is available only for Linux."
Nice. shame it's NTSC and ATSC only though. I was all ready to buy one... and then realized... no PAL, No DVB-S, C, or T... so those of us who live outside of the US, Canada, South Korea, Argentina, and Mexico are out of luck with this particular card.
We're out of luck here in the states too if one can't get cable out in the woods :-(
Depends, can you get "regular" thru the air telly from your local stations? Newsweek had a story about folks being able to get their local stations HD broadcasts w/ "rabbit ears" type antennae .
Heh...we have 2 whole channels to choose from with regular 'network' TV, and are still hard to pick up way out where I'm at. They both suck horrendously (programs they show) and neither broadcasts anything HD. Thanks though. Maybe someone else will get something out of what you found. It sounds interesting at least.
Ever hear of satellite TV? I'm in the city and it still beats cable hands down. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 09:59 -0600, JB wrote:
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 09:17, jfweber@gilweber.com wrote:
On Wed February 14 2007 9:25 am, JB scratched these words onto a coconut
shell, hoping for an answer:
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 06:35, Clayton wrote:
"The HD-5500 is a HDTV tuner card, that recieves free over the high-def broadcasts, as well as unencrypted QAM through your local cable provider. The included xine-hd program allows for the user to watch HDTV in a window. Screenshots are available to see what the card can do. This card is available only for Linux."
Nice. shame it's NTSC and ATSC only though. I was all ready to buy one... and then realized... no PAL, No DVB-S, C, or T... so those of us who live outside of the US, Canada, South Korea, Argentina, and Mexico are out of luck with this particular card.
We're out of luck here in the states too if one can't get cable out in the woods :-(
Depends, can you get "regular" thru the air telly from your local stations? Newsweek had a story about folks being able to get their local stations HD broadcasts w/ "rabbit ears" type antennae .
Heh...we have 2 whole channels to choose from with regular 'network' TV, and are still hard to pick up way out where I'm at. They both suck horrendously (programs they show) and neither broadcasts anything HD. Thanks though. Maybe someone else will get something out of what you found. It sounds interesting at least.
Ever hear of satellite TV? I'm in the city and it still beats cable hands down. yep, I've had it ( Directtv ) since they started up. Wouldn't be w/o it... that, and tivo's ability to back up and "hear that again" feature, saves a lot of arguments ... also, it's really nice to come into some program that looks interesting, and as w/ satellite 's
On Wed February 14 2007 11:15 am, Kenneth Schneider scratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer: program gird, look to see if it's on at another time, so you can see it from the begining . These days, w/ all the conspiracy ( but fictional) programming, you could easily get lost if you are unable to Tivo something , say Jerrico ( sp?) or The Unit, NCIS, etc. Even if you can only afford "basic" you get more programming than cable basic.. And you can just about get all the hardware thrown into your package, and the instalation as well, free. ;) -- j -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 10:15, Kenneth Schneider wrote: <snip>
Ever hear of satellite TV?
Nah! Ya mean they got that kinda thing? Of course I have, but it's expensive as hell, even the 'cheap' packages (it's expensive relatively, since my only income is a 700 dollar disability check per month), and it's even worse price-wise for internet hook-up with satellite. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
jfweber@gilweber.com wrote:
On Wed February 14 2007 9:25 am, JB scratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer:
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 06:35, Clayton wrote:
"The HD-5500 is a HDTV tuner card, that recieves free over the high-def broadcasts, as well as unencrypted QAM through your local cable provider. The included xine-hd program allows for the user to watch HDTV in a window. Screenshots are available to see what the card can do. This card is available only for Linux."
Nice. shame it's NTSC and ATSC only though. I was all ready to buy one... and then realized... no PAL, No DVB-S, C, or T... so those of us who live outside of the US, Canada, South Korea, Argentina, and Mexico are out of luck with this particular card.
We're out of luck here in the states too if one can't get cable out in the woods :-(
Depends, can you get "regular" thru the air telly from your local stations? Newsweek had a story about folks being able to get their local stations HD broadcasts w/ "rabbit ears" type antennae .
That has thrown a monkey wrench into the local folks plans to charge "plenty money" for those broadcasts.. but it seems you don't need anything else.
Wish I could remember the cite. But, it was in the dead tree version , last week or the one before. ( I read it at the hairdresser's ) There might be something on their website. ( Newsweek)
There is rural, and there is rural. Where I live, the nearest cable system is 23 miles away. The nearest HDTV station is 60 miles away. To get a local station requires antenna on a tower to get over the hill. In the winter, I get a better signal by turning the antenna 180 degrees and take the bounce of the mountain. Satellite is the only reasonably reliable option for television and Internet. When I asked the phone company about DSL, the response was "in which lifetime do you want this?" Cell phones require an external antenna. I am use a wireless cell amplifier that boosts the signal through a yagi antenna. Bill Anderson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 10:17 -0500, jfweber@gilweber.com wrote:
On Wed February 14 2007 9:25 am, JB scratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer:
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 06:35, Clayton wrote:
"The HD-5500 is a HDTV tuner card, that recieves free over the high-def broadcasts, as well as unencrypted QAM through your local cable provider. The included xine-hd program allows for the user to watch HDTV in a window. Screenshots are available to see what the card can do. This card is available only for Linux."
Nice. shame it's NTSC and ATSC only though. I was all ready to buy one... and then realized... no PAL, No DVB-S, C, or T... so those of us who live outside of the US, Canada, South Korea, Argentina, and Mexico are out of luck with this particular card.
We're out of luck here in the states too if one can't get cable out in the woods :-(
Depends, can you get "regular" thru the air telly from your local stations? Newsweek had a story about folks being able to get their local stations HD broadcasts w/ "rabbit ears" type antennae .
That has thrown a monkey wrench into the local folks plans to charge "plenty money" for those broadcasts.. but it seems you don't need anything else.
Wish I could remember the cite. But, it was in the dead tree version , last week or the one before. ( I read it at the hairdresser's ) There might be something on their website. ( Newsweek)
Better than a cite. My brother picked up on of those HD antennas and was showing me the diff between the cable feed and the antenna feed. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Mike McMullin wrote:
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 10:17 -0500, jfweber@gilweber.com wrote:
Wish I could remember the cite. But, it was in the dead tree version , last week or the one before. ( I read it at the hairdresser's ) There might be something on their website. ( Newsweek)
Better than a cite. My brother picked up on of those HD antennas and was showing me the diff between the cable feed and the antenna feed.
No offence, Mike, but that's not better than a cite. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
JB wrote:
Nice. shame it's NTSC and ATSC only though. I was all ready to buy one... and then realized... no PAL, No DVB-S, C, or T... so those of us who live outside of the US, Canada, South Korea, Argentina, and Mexico are out of luck with this particular card.
We're out of luck here in the states too if one can't get cable out in the woods :-(
On cable everything HDTV except local broadcast (and sometimes even that) is usually encrypted anyway, so you're stuck using a set-top box. I've been watching discussion on the MythTV list and it seems very little on cable is unencrypted QAM. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Fred A. Miller -
JB -
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Kenneth Schneider -
Mike McMullin -
Russell Jones