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<blockquote data-quote="BioEgo" data-source="post: 1130790" data-attributes="member: 74791"><p>Hi mm!</p><p>I needed to sleep through it but this mornig two things suddenly dawned on me:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I spent the night dreaming of device drivers<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The DVB-T2 has been named as DVB-C in one opportunity!</li> </ol><p>When I first installed the drivers I followed the instructions included in the box (they are not shipping any CD now, you need to download them from their website): according to them the drivers were located here: <a href="http://www.terratec.de/130638" target="_blank">http://www.terratec.de/130638</a> (which by the way also lead to the english page of the product, I mistyped the product number in my previous post, sorry<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" />)</p><p></p><p>After installing those driver (the x64 version) I've noticed that in TVE3 the card was named "CINERGY T2 HD C", but since it was detected as a DVB-T card I did not pay much attention to that (maybe there's still a trace of that in the first logs I posted). After noticing that it was not working I tried using DVBViewer were I saw two cards (DVB-C and DVB-T) with the T one working, so I supposed that maybe the drivers from the German website were for a different version of the hardware and I searched for new drivers on the italian website, were I found the one I'm using now. Since with those driver I saw no DVB-C card anymore I just discarded that as a driver glitch and forgot about it.</p><p></p><p>So a curious thought comes to my mind: what if they are using the same hardware for this stick and the DVB-T/T2 + DVB-C one? As a marketing strategy it could make sense: sell the hardware with less margin but increase the overall volume to reduce production costs. And then they just relabeled the DVB-C component in the drivers to hide the fact that the card could use it (otherwise people paying more for the other card might complain).<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite23" alt=":sneaky:" title="Sneaky :sneaky:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":sneaky:" /></p><p>Consider that I was evaluating both this one and the PCTV292e and settled on the CINERGY because it was almost half the price and I had no use for DVB-C!</p><p></p><p>Disregarding the name it is a fact after all that TVE3.5, ARGUS2.3 and DVBViewer all recognise it as DVB-C (the fact that DVBViewer lets you change the type manually is just a confusing factor at the moment since I couldn't test it)....the only one detecting it as DVB-T is TVE3, not sure how to explain that.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /></p><p>This along with your finding from TVE3.5 logs makes a bit of a compelling argument for it to be effectively a DVB-C card.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And this lead to the sad part of it all: there's no DVB-C in Italy, so until they open a DVB-T2 broadcast I cannot test it. There was an experimental T2 mux but they turned it off halfway last year and the plan to set DVB-T2 compliance as a compulsory standard for TVs has been delayed by the government from 2015 to 2017....I fear it will be a looong wait to have a broadcast to make those tests.</p><p>Anyway I'll keep the situation monitored and update if I have more data on this!</p><p></p><p>Is there any other way of identifying the hardware? Maybe some software tools or opening up the stick (if I find a way to do that without breaking it....or my wife will end up breaking me apart<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite27" alt=":whistle:" title="Whistling :whistle:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":whistle:" />), do you think this might help?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Of course I'll do it<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> No pressure at all, you guys are really doing a splendid job here and after all I also saved a bit of money not having to buy another tuner<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Thanks & Regards!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BioEgo, post: 1130790, member: 74791"] Hi mm! I needed to sleep through it but this mornig two things suddenly dawned on me: [LIST=1] [*]I spent the night dreaming of device driverso_O [*]The DVB-T2 has been named as DVB-C in one opportunity! [/LIST] When I first installed the drivers I followed the instructions included in the box (they are not shipping any CD now, you need to download them from their website): according to them the drivers were located here: [URL]http://www.terratec.de/130638[/URL] (which by the way also lead to the english page of the product, I mistyped the product number in my previous post, sorry:oops:) After installing those driver (the x64 version) I've noticed that in TVE3 the card was named "CINERGY T2 HD C", but since it was detected as a DVB-T card I did not pay much attention to that (maybe there's still a trace of that in the first logs I posted). After noticing that it was not working I tried using DVBViewer were I saw two cards (DVB-C and DVB-T) with the T one working, so I supposed that maybe the drivers from the German website were for a different version of the hardware and I searched for new drivers on the italian website, were I found the one I'm using now. Since with those driver I saw no DVB-C card anymore I just discarded that as a driver glitch and forgot about it. So a curious thought comes to my mind: what if they are using the same hardware for this stick and the DVB-T/T2 + DVB-C one? As a marketing strategy it could make sense: sell the hardware with less margin but increase the overall volume to reduce production costs. And then they just relabeled the DVB-C component in the drivers to hide the fact that the card could use it (otherwise people paying more for the other card might complain).:sneaky: Consider that I was evaluating both this one and the PCTV292e and settled on the CINERGY because it was almost half the price and I had no use for DVB-C! Disregarding the name it is a fact after all that TVE3.5, ARGUS2.3 and DVBViewer all recognise it as DVB-C (the fact that DVBViewer lets you change the type manually is just a confusing factor at the moment since I couldn't test it)....the only one detecting it as DVB-T is TVE3, not sure how to explain that.:confused: This along with your finding from TVE3.5 logs makes a bit of a compelling argument for it to be effectively a DVB-C card. And this lead to the sad part of it all: there's no DVB-C in Italy, so until they open a DVB-T2 broadcast I cannot test it. There was an experimental T2 mux but they turned it off halfway last year and the plan to set DVB-T2 compliance as a compulsory standard for TVs has been delayed by the government from 2015 to 2017....I fear it will be a looong wait to have a broadcast to make those tests. Anyway I'll keep the situation monitored and update if I have more data on this! Is there any other way of identifying the hardware? Maybe some software tools or opening up the stick (if I find a way to do that without breaking it....or my wife will end up breaking me apart:whistle:), do you think this might help? Of course I'll do it:) No pressure at all, you guys are really doing a splendid job here and after all I also saved a bit of money not having to buy another tuner;) Thanks & Regards! [/QUOTE]
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