<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 9:49 AM, feadog <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:feadog@orcon.net.nz">feadog@orcon.net.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I'm really not certain of the quality of the Asus My Cinema U3100 DVB-T USB<br>
stick, so I'd appreciate any feedback of your experience with other<br>
sticks/cards here.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br>I have 2 USB tuner sticks, the Asus U3100 and an Avermedia Hybrid Volar HX. The be honest I've been much more impressed with the Asus, the chipset it uses is supported by the latest kernel, and it just worked in MythTV without issue. For the Avermedia I had to install their drivers, increase the tuning timeout in MythTV to get it to tune the DVB channels, and I can't get the analogue tuner working. In terms of quality I can't see any difference in signal quality (but I'm in central Christchurch and get excellent reception), I haven't tried the little aerials that come with either of the USB sticks :) For the price I've been much more impressed with the Asus stick, the Avermedia build quality seems much lower.<br>
<br>Thanks very much for the mplayer details, I'll have to give it a try.<br><br>Simon<br>