Re: pctv452e

[poma <pomidorabelisima@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/10/2012 05:58 PM, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:51 AM, poma <pomidorabelisima@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Is this pctv452e device known to have poor reception?
> 
> Traditionally speaking, these problems are usually not the hardware
> itself - it tends to be crappy Linux drivers.  Somebody gets support
> working for a chip on some product, and then somebody else does a
> cut/paste of the code to make some other product work.  They see it
> getting signal lock under optimal tuning conditions and declare
> success.
> 
> Making any given device work *well* tends to be much harder than
> making it work at all.
> 
> Want to rule out bad hardware design?  Drop it into a Windows machine
> and see how it performs.  If it works fine under Windows but poorly
> under Linux, then you definitely have a Linux driver problem.
> 
> Devin
> 

This one is for Marx?

cheers,
poma

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