I just happened to stumble across this today: http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/news/content/file_1052.html
I've seen a similar announcement from ST Microelectronics some time ago. "Silicon tuner chips" remove the need for the shielded "tin box", a single chip can integrate RF frontend, PLL and demodulator. This will allow for really small DVB-S receiver cards, since the bulky tin box is no longer needed. I could even imagine that this might pave the path to have DVB-S reception as a PC _motherboard_ component some day... I'm curious about the mechanics of the LNB connector, but I figure it'll look similar to what e.g. S-Video connectors on some graphics cards look today (a cubic tin box). Does anyone know if any DVB card maker is already working on a DVB-S card with such a silicon tuner? I'd sure like to see how these cards look... Regards, -- Robert Schlabbach e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Berlin, Germany -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
