DVB Sticks with Linux support?

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Jan 27, 2010, at 3:57 PM, Michael Ben-Nes wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You can try and search brands from the following links in zap / kama
> http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_USB_Devices


Thanks, but that does not do any good. The models change quickly  
enough that while a stick may be listed as 100% working in the list,  
it does not work at all in Israel because there is a new chipset or  
other quirk. :-(

Witness the Apex (GeniaTech) T328b which is the most common model sold  
here. It's different than any similar working ones. There are similar  
ones with free support in Linux and pay support in MacOS, but neither  
will work with the newest version.

Guy Scheffer was able to get one that did, almost by accident, by  
ordering it from Hong Kong. But there is no guarentee that when one  
arrives it will be one of the old (supported) or the new (unsupported)  
chipsets.

Geoff.


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