[Gllug] New IT dept-based sitcom

[ccooke]

On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 08:08:42PM +0000, John Winters wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 13:12 +0000, ccooke wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 11:46:10AM +0000, John Winters wrote:
> > > 
> > > I'm still hunting for that elusive item - a silent box fast enough to
> > > watch TV on.  The 600MHz Mini-ITX system is meant to be good enough for
> > > analogue TV, but it can't quite manage DVB-T.  You get skips in the
> > > audio every 1-2 seconds, which render it useless.  I'm told there's now
> > > a 1 GHz fanless Mini-ITX, but I'm reluctant to spend any more until I
> > > *know* it will work.
> > > 
> > 
> > I have, at home, both a working setup of mythtv and a 1Ghz fanless
> > Mini-ITX system (currently being built into a laptop). Want me to give
> > it a quick test for you? I may have time within the next week or so.
> 
> Well, yes please if you have a DVB-T card in your mythtv setup.  ISTR
> BBC2 was one of the channels the 600MHz box couldn't manage, but a quick
> step through the available channels should demonstrate whether it does
> or doesn't.
> 

I have a DVB-T USB device... but so far, I've been unable to get any
reception on it. My main MythTV box uses an analogue card connected to a
cable box.

Does anyone have any tips on DVB-T reception?

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