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[Dewey Smolka]

> Others have posted some good information, but I thought I'd add this: I've
> seen claims that the Avermedia A180 ships with Windows drivers that support
> ATSC but not QAM. The Linux drivers for the board, though, support both
> standards. If true (I can't verify it), this would be a rare case where the
> Linux drivers are superior to the Windows drivers.

Not to preach to the choir or anything, but I'm not convinced that it
really is so rare. I've got an HP all-in-one USB printer for example.
It installs and runs in Linux with no particular effort, no driver
installation beyond the standard hpijs driver (that I don't even
remember having to install) and easily allows printing over a network.

On WIndows, it won't run without installing at least the basic drivers
(50 MB), won't work over a network without installing the full driver
package (350MB), won't allow you to install the drivers unless the
printer is physically connected, and can more reliably print on a
WIndows host from a remote Linux client than a remote WIndows client
(largely due to the fact that there is no way to install the driver on
a remote Widows client without physically connecting it to the
printer. Kind of defeats the purpose).

It's rather been my experience that with the exception of bleeding
edge equipment, most hardware in Linux really is plug-and-play, not
plug-and-reboot-and-insert-driver-CD-and-install-driver.exe-and-reboot-again-and-play.