[mythtv-users] DVB T2 Tuners For UK Freeview.

John Pilkington J.Pilk at tesco.net
Tue Dec 17 16:54:30 UTC 2013


On 17/12/13 16:32, Stuart Morgan wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 Dec 2013 11:16:02 Jim wrote:
>> On 12/17/2013 10:07 AM, Ian Barton wrote:
>>> On 17/12/13 10:06, Another Sillyname wrote:
>>>> Have the TBS card and am just upgrading to the quad tuner 6284 from
>>>> the dual tuner 6280, would recommend.
>>>>
>>>> Have read that latest kernel breaks drivers for 290e stick, not sure
>>>> if true so perhaps others can confirm/refute.

A fix is apparently known - for this device and the 3.12.5 kernel and 
probably the 3.10 series; there's a possibility other dveices could have 
been affected too, so I suppose it might not be committed immediately.

http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-media@vger.kernel.org/msg69297.html

>>>
>>> The 6280 seems to be no longer sold by Amazon. I like buying stuff
>>> from Amazon as it's very easy to send back if it doesn't work.
>>> However, they do have the TBS6220
>>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/PCI-E-DVB-T2-Definition-Digital-Receiver/dp/B005SB
>>> NB0M/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1387292600&sr=1-1&keywords=TBS+PCI
>>> -E+DVB-T2+Dual+TV+Tuner
>
> That's only a single tuner card, which is fine if that's all you really need,
> but for just 50% more you'd get a second tuner with the 6280 which makes it
> the better proposition - you'd be able to record two different T2 multiplexes
> at once which may be handy when COM7 and COM8 become available.
>
> I'm sure others can nominate some good retailers who have the stock and have a
> simple returns policy/process.
>



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