Recommendation for a (UK) FreeView Dongle?

I'm thinking of getting a dongle for watching DTV (FreeView) on my XP
netbook - SD, not HD, though I obviously wouldn't _mind_ if it does HD.
(I think the processor would struggle though.)

My only real stipulation is that it presents the channels with the
correct LCNs (logical channel numbers), i. e. BBC1 on 1, BBC News on 80,
and so on, rather than allocating them in the order it finds them when
scanning. It doesn't have to do this with the software that comes with
it, provided there's some freeware (or fairly cheap) it'll work with. I
don't need any of the other features usually added - recording, multiple
tuners, etc. (some of which are properties of the software anyway),
though obviously I wouldn't say no to them.

So - any recommendations, both for dongles and - if necessary -
additional software? (XP, obviously.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

After all is said and done, usually more is said.

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message
...
I'm thinking of getting a dongle for watching DTV (FreeView) on my XP
netbook - SD, not HD, though I obviously wouldn't _mind_ if it does HD. (I
think the processor would struggle though.)

My only real stipulation is that it presents the channels with the correct
LCNs (logical channel numbers), i. e. BBC1 on 1, BBC News on 80, and so
on, rather than allocating them in the order it finds them when scanning.
It doesn't have to do this with the software that comes with it, provided
there's some freeware (or fairly cheap) it'll work with. I don't need any
of the other features usually added - recording, multiple tuners, etc.
(some of which are properties of the software anyway), though obviously I
wouldn't say no to them.

So - any recommendations, both for dongles and - if necessary - additional
software? (XP, obviously.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

After all is said and done, usually more is said.

I'm very pleased with my Hauppauge WinTV-Nova-T DVB-T USB decoder. It works
perfectly with Windows Media Centre on Vista and Windows 7, though since
you've got XP you wouldn't (as far as I know) be able to take advantage of
that. It came with its own proprietary software as well, though I can't
remember much about that because I chose to use Media Centre instead so I
removed the proprietary software. It is the software rather than the decoder
that determines the order of channels and whether they are identified by the
normal LCNs.

In message , NY
writes:
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message
...
I'm thinking of getting a dongle for watching DTV (FreeView) on my XP
netbook - SD, not HD, though I obviously wouldn't _mind_ if it does
HD. (I think the processor would struggle though.)

My only real stipulation is that it presents the channels with the
correct LCNs (logical channel numbers), i. e. BBC1 on 1, BBC News on
80, and so on, rather than allocating them in the order it finds them
when scanning. It doesn't have to do this with the software that
comes with it, provided there's some freeware (or fairly cheap) it'll
work with. I don't need any of the other features usually added -
recording, multiple tuners, etc. (some of which are properties of the
software anyway), though obviously I wouldn't say no to them.

So - any recommendations, both for dongles and - if necessary -
additional software? (XP, obviously.)
-- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985
MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

After all is said and done, usually more is said.

I'm very pleased with my Hauppauge WinTV-Nova-T DVB-T USB decoder. It
works perfectly with Windows Media Centre on Vista and Windows 7,
though since you've got XP you wouldn't (as far as I know) be able to
take advantage of that. It came with its own proprietary software as
well, though I can't remember much about that because I chose to use
Media Centre instead so I removed the proprietary software. It is the
software rather than the decoder that determines the order of channels
and whether they are identified by the normal LCNs.

Thanks for that. So I need recommendations for suitable software, and
maybe warnings of any hardware that _doesn't_ work with that software,
both for XP. (Though actual recommendations - rather than the opposite -
would still be welcome.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

I'm sometimes a bit bewildered by that, really - there are no young people in
it, there's no sex, there's no violence, no car chases and there's no action
and no vampires. - Colin Firth on the success of the film "The King's Speech".
Radio Times 10-16 September 2011

On 01/12/2013 23:48, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , NY
writes:
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message
...
I'm thinking of getting a dongle for watching DTV (FreeView) on my XP
netbook - SD, not HD, though I obviously wouldn't _mind_ if it does
HD. (I think the processor would struggle though.)

My only real stipulation is that it presents the channels with the
correct LCNs (logical channel numbers), i. e. BBC1 on 1, BBC News on
80, and so on, rather than allocating them in the order it finds
them when scanning. It doesn't have to do this with the software
that comes with it, provided there's some freeware (or fairly cheap)
it'll work with. I don't need any of the other features usually
added - recording, multiple tuners, etc. (some of which are
properties of the software anyway), though obviously I wouldn't say
no to them.

So - any recommendations, both for dongles and - if necessary -
additional software? (XP, obviously.)
-- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985
MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

After all is said and done, usually more is said.

I'm very pleased with my Hauppauge WinTV-Nova-T DVB-T USB decoder. It
works perfectly with Windows Media Centre on Vista and Windows 7,
though since you've got XP you wouldn't (as far as I know) be able to
take advantage of that. It came with its own proprietary software as
well, though I can't remember much about that because I chose to use
Media Centre instead so I removed the proprietary software. It is the
software rather than the decoder that determines the order of channels
and whether they are identified by the normal LCNs.

Thanks for that. So I need recommendations for suitable software, and
maybe warnings of any hardware that _doesn't_ work with that software,
both for XP. (Though actual recommendations - rather than the opposite -
would still be welcome.)

I've seen this device mentioned before

PCTV Systems DVB-T2 290e

It is T2 so it will receive UK HD TV.

I think it would likely work with DVBviewer and Windows Media Center


--
Michael Chare