Again, author here... I brought this up during our beta testing sessions. DVico does NOT currently support the broadcast flag in their products. Keep in mind that the FCC ruling gives July 5th as the "drop dead" date for supporting it. That doesn't mean that this card or your existing DVHS, Tivo, HDTV Tuner, etc. is going to start working. It just means that any device produced at that time will need to recognize the flag. I think that if they were required to, DVico could easily accomplish this in software.
Let me clear up a few things about this card. There were several revisions of it and it was very hard trying to get QAM to function properly from overseas. They actually released a version that was supposed to do QAM. It was the Non-Gold version of the Fusion III. The Gold version does function with QAM. And, I have tested it as working at home. As always, with any hardware, YMMV. Keep in mind again that if its encrypted (most content is) you're not going to get a picture. I have included a screenshot in the article of it actually working with a digital preview station.
Hi I'm the author of the article. Stupid little virtual server... Anyway, It does receive HDTV QAM. That is what it is built for. It also receives "standard" digital cable. It DOES need to be UNENCRYPTED though.
Damn! This XYZ Distro sucks. Write it down folks. Stay the hell away from XYZ! It doesn't support soundcards.
In all seriousness, what the hell does the distro have to do with soundcard drivers? How about taking the first step and learning how to install a driver in Linux? He can install an OS but he can't do some research on Alsa and OSS? I suppose that with his logic... If his new soundcard worked under 2000 but not XP, then he should downgrade to 2000 right?
Thank you for that bit of information. I thought I had it right but I guess not. That makes a lot more sense now that I think about it. Anyway, don't hold it against me. No reason not to trust me... (know it all bastard)
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Again, author here... I brought this up during our beta testing sessions. DVico does NOT currently support the broadcast flag in their products. Keep in mind that the FCC ruling gives July 5th as the "drop dead" date for supporting it. That doesn't mean that this card or your existing DVHS, Tivo, HDTV Tuner, etc. is going to start working. It just means that any device produced at that time will need to recognize the flag. I think that if they were required to, DVico could easily accomplish this in software.
Let me clear up a few things about this card. There were several revisions of it and it was very hard trying to get QAM to function properly from overseas. They actually released a version that was supposed to do QAM. It was the Non-Gold version of the Fusion III. The Gold version does function with QAM. And, I have tested it as working at home. As always, with any hardware, YMMV. Keep in mind again that if its encrypted (most content is) you're not going to get a picture. I have included a screenshot in the article of it actually working with a digital preview station.
Hi I'm the author of the article. Stupid little virtual server... Anyway, It does receive HDTV QAM. That is what it is built for. It also receives "standard" digital cable. It DOES need to be UNENCRYPTED though.
Damn! This XYZ Distro sucks. Write it down folks. Stay the hell away from XYZ! It doesn't support soundcards.
In all seriousness, what the hell does the distro have to do with soundcard drivers? How about taking the first step and learning how to install a driver in Linux? He can install an OS but he can't do some research on Alsa and OSS? I suppose that with his logic... If his new soundcard worked under 2000 but not XP, then he should downgrade to 2000 right?
You think we can get them to throw BitTorrent on it?
Thank you for that bit of information. I thought I had it right but I guess not. That makes a lot more sense now that I think about it. Anyway, don't hold it against me. No reason not to trust me... (know it all bastard)