[ubuntu-uk] Looking for Ubuntu-friendly DTT/DVB card for Freeview

[David M]

I'm looking for an Ubuntu-friendly DTT/DVB card so that I can watch
Freeview on my computer. Well, card as in PCI card, or perhaps even 
better, a USB stick (with an eye to getting a laptop one of these days).
I guess if I was being really clever I could even do funky things like
record all the programs I want to watch to my hard disk as well, no more
being constrained by the tv schedules.. :-)


I've had a brief swatch around http://www.linuxtv.org/ but unfortunately
it is (I suppose inevitably) all rather technical, with chipset names
and numbers and what seem like minor nomenclature differences making all
the difference between "works" and "doorstop", and mention of all kinds
of drivers and special kernels (which really gives me the fear), etc..

So I was hoping that someone out there perhaps had got DTT working on
their Ubuntu box and could recommend a card/USB-stick that they'd
managed to acquire recently from a well-known supplier such as Ebuyer or
PC World (I know, I know, but they don't seem to be as bad/overpriced as
they once were), or even their friendly and extraordinarily-Linux-aware
local computer shop.

So, is there a DTT solution that:

1 definitely works with Ubuntu
2 works without too much fear and pain as regards software installation
    (something that I can just apt-get and forget would be ideal)
3 I can get hold of easily
4 is cheap (under GBP 50) :-)


Thanks for any advice,


David.

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