Talk:DVB via USB

Someone needs to explain how the firmware works. I, for instance, would like to know if the firmware loading that seems necessary is permanent or happens each time the device is plugged in (I don't want my Linux box to fry a perfectly good card and/or make it unusable in Windows because the ID's don't match (I'm thinking about the software that comes with it).

+ Not all these devices will run MythTV. The Avermedia A800 will not work with MythTV, and I cannot find anyone who has got it to work. Perhaps a word of caution for newbies who might assume all Linux applications will work with these devices even when the driver is loaded correctly and detected gby the application.

I have an AverMedia A800, and it works fine with MythTV.

Mrdemeanour 16:37, 9 October 2006 (CEST)

Page Format - Not easy to find information

I want to buy a DVB USB card. However, it's not so easy to know which one works just fine and which one doesn't. Other pages like linuxprinting.org have organised the printers in four categories, something like "Perfectly", "Mostly", "Partially" and "Paperweight". A suggested cards page would also be handy. This could be extended to every kind of card, not just to USB.