ATSC USB devices

On this page you will find information regarding ATSC USB devices.

Note: Please be aware that:

• The information contained here is likely non-exhaustive (please help to keep these lists up-to-date so that they are useful for everyone!)
• Generally, when it comes to support for USB devices, it is a good idea to try the current Hg sources because some device drivers can be very new and thus may have not made their way into the mainstream kernel.

Supported ATSC USB Devices

The following table lists the confirmed working ATSC PCI cards and provides a brief summary of their features and components.

In addition to this list,

• there are several devices that may actually work with existing drivers, but no reports have yet been provided. If you have such a non-listed but working device please do report your success (either here and/or on the dvb-mailing list). Your contribution would be greatly appreciated, and would allow for developers to add your device's definitions to the current drivers, so that it may be properly listed/named when detected.
• if you do not see your card on the list, there may already be experimental support available. Currently, the best source for information on devices with experimental support is found by searching the dvb mailing list achieves (Google works well) or by posting a question about the device directly to the list (but please conduct a search first, as it may already have been discussed).

Vendor Model	Added to Kernel	Frontend	Bridge Interface	8VSB	QAM	NTSC	Other Features
DViCO FusionHDTV5 USB Gold	2.6.16	LG Innotek TDVS-H064F * TAU6034 tuner * TDA9887 demodulator (A) * LG DT3303 demodulator (D)	Cypress FX2LP (CY7C68013A)	yes	yes	no1	* S-Video & Composite inputs 1

• Note 1: Hardware should allow it, but the driver has no analog support as of yet (its forthcoming).
  

• DViCO FusionHDTV5 USB Master ... available in Korea only? ... apparently works fine, detected as the F5 USB Gold
• TechniSat Air2PC-ATSC-USB (BCM version)
• TechniSat Air2PC-ATSC-USB (Nxt version)
• TechniSat AirStar-HD5000-USB

Experimental Support

Within the developers section of the LinuxTV Project's Mercurial (Hg) repository, experimental support for the following devices can be found:

• Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950
• Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick (800e)
  • Pinnacle PCTV HD Stick ... looks to be the exact same as the "Pro" sans the remote and a/v cables
• Elgato Hybrid
• OnAir USB HDTV (original Sasem model)
• OnAir USB HDTV Creator

Do not let the "experimental" tag scare you, as the level of device functionality may actually be quite high. After additional testing and/or feature work, the drivers for these devices will make their way into the main branch of Hg and become candidates for inclusion into the Linux kernel.

Currently Unsupported ATSC USB Devices

If you own one or more devices from the following list and you want to help the development, please contact the linux-dvb Mailing list.

• ADS Tech Mini HDTV USB (PTV-384-EF)
• Aeromax UAH3001 USB 2.0 ATSC Hybrid Receiver ... you'll see them on ebay
• AITech HDTV USB 2.0
• AnySee E30 or E50 series ... available in Korea only?
• AnyTV ATSC Stick ... you'll see them on ebay ... possibly a LifeView OEM
• Artec T14A
• ATI/AMD TV Wonder 600 USB
• AVerMedia AverTV Hybrid Ultra USB (AP6R)
• AVerMedia AVerTVHD Volar (A868R)
• Diamond Multimedia XtremeTV HDTV100 (this device may actually be similar to the above Hauppauge, Pinnicle and Elgato devices though, so it might work)
• DViCO FusionDMB2 ... available in Korea only?
• DViCO FusionHDTV5 USB nano ... available in Korea only?
• FujiPlus FD-USB728
• Geniatech HDTV THRILLER USB U6010A (this device may actually be similar to the above Hauppauge, Pinnicle and Elgato usb stick devices, so it might work)
  • also sold as the Anyware GT-U6010A [1]
• Geniatech HDTV THRILLER USB A680 ... a usb box
• Geniatech HDTV THRILLER USB U6800A ... a usb box ... (no idea how it differs from the visually identical A680 model)
• KWorld KWorld ATSC 310U
• KWorld KWorld ATSC 315U ... (aka KWorld PlusTV HD USB-315)
• KWorld KWorld ATSC 330U ....(aka KWorld PlusTV HD Hybrid Stick 330)
• Miglia TVMini HD
• Miglia TVMini HD+
• OnAir GT (highly similar to the DViCO FusionHDTV5 USB Gold)
• Plextor PX-HDTV500U
• SIGMACOM SIGMA HDTV5 USB v1 ... available in Korea only?
• Twinhan TwinhanDTV ATSC / NTSC Dongle
• VBox VBox Cat's Eye USB-A 3560

Also See

• DVB USB for general information about DVB via USB