Tevion PC Freeview Card Aldi £30
Next week, there is an Tevion PC Freeview card on offer at Aldi, for £30.
It says it has the Phillips Chipset.
RF In, RF out, SVHS connectors.
Is remote Control also has Radio (Not DAB).
Mentions something about being able to save to PC HDD when on standby as well as when switched on, and pause tv etc.
Just like the others really.
Cheaper than getting a DVD Recorder for the house.
It isn't listed on the site yet, but is on the leaflet thats just come through door.
It says it has the Phillips Chipset.
RF In, RF out, SVHS connectors.
Is remote Control also has Radio (Not DAB).
Mentions something about being able to save to PC HDD when on standby as well as when switched on, and pause tv etc.
Just like the others really.
Cheaper than getting a DVD Recorder for the house.
It isn't listed on the site yet, but is on the leaflet thats just come through door.
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The offer starts next week lad in Aldi anyway.
They may get them in a day or 2 early but probably not on offer if they do.
I am trying to get the money for next week, will come in handy I can just use my DVD-RW on PC.
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http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/community/tv-tuners-digital-analogue/5614-aldi-may-have-got-right-time.html
Looks like the same one. It is from an Australian website.
I wonder how that works then!
*MAGIC*
http://www.kworld.com.tw/en/product/digital/001/dvb-t100.htm
The remote and card appearance seems the same. The system requirements are listed as
Pentium-IV 1.6GHz or higher (2.2GHz recommended)
256MB RAM of system memory or above (512MB recommended)
PCI 2.2 compliant slot
Graphics card (Must support DirectX 9.0)
Sound card (AC97 compatible sound card)
1GB free HD space
CD-ROM drive (For software installation)
Microsoft Windows 2000(SP4) / XP(SP2) / XP MCE
Here's a larger picture of the connectivity options
http://www.kworld.com.tw/en/product/digital/001/images/c1.jpg
And a product datasheet
http://www.kworld.com.tw/en/product/digital/001/images/001.pdf
It's the software I'm most interested in, as that makes or breaks the usability of the hardware. I've fought with the Artec software on my T1 and moved to a hacked Twinhan version, but it's still flaky and I'd like something that is stable and 'just works'!
http://www.kworld.com.tw/en/product/da/001/dvb-t220.htm
The reason I think this is because the Aldi site mentions Mpeg 4 2 & 1 in the info.
The t100 doesn't but the 220 does.
Also states it has the phillips chipset.
With BDA drivers you can use any piece of software yo like.
Where on the Aldi site does it mention having an analogue tuner, which the 220 has?
If it IS the 100, then here's a review, which states that the software is a bit clunky (and I've seen no BDA drivers).
http://www.micromart.co.uk/default.aspx?contentid=0af63f01-e654-430a-b6b1-0dae672dc164&reviewid=2711&categoryid=5
Regarding capture formats. It looks like a Conexant Stratford with A/V inputs which means no hardware encoder for analogue. Any Composite/S-Video from the A/V inputs will be software encoded. It doesn't apply to DVB-t though; that will always be MPEG2 and ready-encoded.
It's a great price though.
Anyone remember the ALDI Technotrend PVR being initially advertised as 'Record two channels at once' and on the day of sale being changed to 'record one, watch one'?
They ARE primarily a grocery shop I guess.
With it being Tevion name & phillips chipset, got to be good & at that price can't argue.
Which Philips chipset is this and what advantages does it have?
Look at the links in post #10.
The connectivity diagram clearly shows sources connecting to the video and S-video inputs, analogue sound handled by the PC existing sound system.
(I had to save the picture and open it to read some of the labelling).
Perhaps the pulse killer?
Does anybody know if the software gets you onto the naked
A tuning discussion on an Aus board seemed to imply so.
(The guy was asking for the RF channels and PIDs).
Use the drivers from this link.
http://www.kworld.com.tw/en/download/download_dvb-t100.htm