[time-nuts] DTV tuner chip usable for GPS front end?

[beale]

I suppose there is limited interest in homebrew GPS receivers given how cheap the fully integrated chipsets are. However, just noticed the below tuner chip intended for DTV, actually lists GPS L1 as an applicable frequency.  A TV Tuner USB stick using this chip is available for $20, and some SDR type software is apparently working with it: 
http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr   Has anyone here played with this device?

from http://www.elonics.com/product.do?id=1
"The E4000 is a highly integrated multi band RF tuner IC implemented in CMOS, ideal for low power digital terrestrial TV and radio broadcast receiver solutions.  The E4000 contains a single input LNA with RF filter, whose centre frequency can be programmed over the complete frequency range from 64MHz to 1700MHz."

Broadcast Standards
    DVB-T (174-240MHz, 470-854MHz)
    ISDB-T (470-862MHz)
    DVB-H (470-854MHz, 1672-1678MHz)
    CMMB (470-862MHz)
    D-TMB (470-862MHz)
    T-DMB (174-240MHz, 1452-1492MHz)
    DAB (174-240MHz, 1452-1492MHz)
    MediaFLO (470-862, 1452-1492MHz)
    GPS L1 band (1575MHz)

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