[mythtv-users] Digital broadcasting standards, Japan, and Hauppauge cards

[Robert McNamara]

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Dave M G<martin at autotelic.com> wrote:

>
> However, what I'm not so clear on is if getting any digital receiver
> works in any country's digital broadcasting system. If I get the
> Hauppauge, does it just work? What, if anything, do I need to know about
> digital broadcast in order to determine if the receiver is compatible
> with a regions broadcasts?

No.  The hardware is regional and must conform to local broadcast
standards.  What's more, Japan will be (IIRC) using ISDB-T, which is a
digital broadcast method unique to them (although Brazil will be using
a variant.  There is no PC hardware for capture of this format that I
am aware of.  Moreover, there is definitely no linunx support for any
such hardware.

Your options for the time being may involve buying a tuner box and
continuing to capture analog outputs from it.

Robert