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===Overview===
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This device, vendor id 0x1415, product id 0x0003, is based around the [[DVB-T_USB_Devices#DiB0700_USB2.0_DVB-T_devices|DiBcom STK7070PD reference design]] and has a STK7070PD frontend and DIB7070p tuner.
This device, vendor id 0x1415, product id 0x0003, is based around the [[DVB-T_USB_Devices#DiB0700_USB2.0_DVB-T_devices|DiBcom STK7070PD reference design]] and has a STK7070PD frontend and two DIB7070p tuners. An advantage it has over similar devices is the use of a single external antenna cable, which is used to drive both tuners, rather than requiring external splitters.


See Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayTV] for more info on the device itself.
See Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayTV] for more info on the device itself.

Revision as of 08:53, 25 March 2009

Sony PlayTV

Sony PlayTV is a USB 2.0 device containing dual DVB-T tuners. It is sold without a remote, as an accessory for the PS3.

It is supported under Linux.

Overview

This device, vendor id 0x1415, product id 0x0003, is based around the DiBcom STK7070PD reference design and has a STK7070PD frontend and two DIB7070p tuners. An advantage it has over similar devices is the use of a single external antenna cable, which is used to drive both tuners, rather than requiring external splitters.

See Wikipedia [1] for more info on the device itself.

Support

Linux

Support is available via a patch for the 2.6.28.4 kernel or from the v4l-dvb tree since changeset 10824

Windows

Support in Windows is available by patching the .inf file of either the 32-bit or 64-bit Pinnacle_PCTV_Dual_DVB-T_Diversity_Stick_(2001e) drivers, to add the additional 0x1415/0x0003 ids.

User Experiences

See the talk page

References

Useful information is available from the pages of these similar/identical devices: