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On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 12:20 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > george wrote: > > I live in Brixham and before we went fully digital I had an aerial in the > > attic which gave reasonable reception, some breakup occasionally. I wanted a > > set in the kitchen so tried an old set top aerial which was no good at all. > > I toyed with various ways of getting another aerial feed but in the end > > decided to wait for switch-over. (When in doubt do nothing) > > > > Since switch-over I have tried the set top aerial again with excellent > > results. Signal strength says about 85% and the picture has no break-up. I > > can now watch Come Dine With Me while cooking... er... perhaps not. I may > > keep this a secret from the wife. > > > > George > > > > > Since the switchover the power on the transmitter at Beacon Hill was > greatly increased which may explain it. Not to mention the local > Brixham transmitter is now enabled for digital too (although I would > guess if you were getting Freeview before the switchover then you're > probably running off Beacon Hill). > > As they say, if it's working then don't fix it. > > In Chelston, Torquay we're getting pretty good reception, in fact it's > no different to before on our TV's, the only difference I have found is > that my Freeview card on the PC will not pick up the BBC muxes now, only > the ITV/Channel5/Sky muxes. Before the switchover it would only pickup > the BBC! > > I'd be interested to know if anyone has found any cheap (around £10 to > £15) USB Freeview sticks with work with Linux out of the box? > > I've tried a Freecom stick but not had any luck with it and I'm loathed > to spend nearly £50 on a stick when I could just buy a higher spec PCI > card with Satellite and Freeview for not much more. > > Rob > > > I dont have a usb stick but my Huppauge pci card has a saa7134_dvb chip and works fine. Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved repressed(possibly!Definitely!) Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html