I saw an article on Slashdot the other day which suggested it might be possible to get some hardware using the RTL2832U chipset for $11.00. A quick search of Google seems to indicate it is fairly well supported with Linux. Since the article was about Software Defined Radio (HF) rather than the TV part of the device I was wondering if anybody locally had tried it out... I would guess apart from the article, the only info I'd be able to get would be about the TV part. What are the ranges of the chipset? How reliable is it? One fellow from the Seniors Radio Club suggested a kit for around $20.00 which should have a similar range (minus the TV). Is the idea even worth following up?
I think for around $11.00 it would be a good introduction to SDR and digital TV.
Later Mike