[MEncoder-users] tv tuner card suggestions?

[Nico Sabbi]

Dieter wrote:

>>you also have to consider that USB stick-tuners lack
>>the the tin-can and the filters therein, thus their
>>reception capability is seriously reduced.
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>I wondered how they got them so small.  I assume it makes them less
>expensive as well.
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>Reception quality is a *major* consideration, for both analog and digital.
>I would recommend avoiding tuners that are missing filters, or that have
>any other brain damage that hurts reception.
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>Are *all* the USB tuners missing the filters?  I'm assuming it's just the
>itsy-bitsy ones.
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>

there are usb-tuners that have the tin-can, but they are becoming
as rare as hen's teeth. It seems that over time everything that is
supposed to interface to USB tends to be implemented like crap