ATSC PCI cards

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On this page you will find information regarding ATSC PCI and mini-PCI cards.

ATSC PCI Cards

Supported ATSC PCI Cards

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 cards 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
ATI
HDTV Wonder		 2.6.15 Philips TUV1236D
* Infineon TUA6034 tuner
* Philips TDA9887 demodulator (A)
* ATI Nxt2004 demodulator (D)		 Conexant cx2388x yes yes1 yes * dual RF inputs
* S-Video & Composite inputs (purple breakout dongle)
* indoor antenna included
AVerMedia
AVerTVHD MCE A180 7		 2.6.15 Alps TDHU
* ? tuner
* ATI Nxt2004 demodulator (D)		 Philips saa7135 yes yes no * S-Video & Composite inputs
BBTI/TechniSat
Air2PC-ATSC-PCI (1st rev)		 2.6.13 Panasonic ENA46916P4
* ? tuner
Broadcom BCM3510 demodulator (D)		 B2C2 FlexCop yes no 8 no * Hardware PID filtering 3
BBTI/TechniSat
Air2PC-ATSC-PCI (2nd rev)		 2.6.11 Samsung TBMV30111IN
* Infineon TUA6034T tuner
* ATI Nxt2002 demodulator (D)		 B2C2 FlexCop yes no5 no * Hardware PID filtering 3
BBTI/TechniSat
AirStar-HD5000-PCI		 2.6.15 LG Innotek TDVS-H061F
* Infineon TUA6034 tuner
* Philips TDA9887 demodulator (A)
* LG DT3303 demodulator (D)		 B2C2 FlexCop yes yes no * Hardware PID filtering 3
DViCO
FusionHDTV3 Gold		 2.6.18 Microtune/Temic MT4042
* Philips SA5523 & Philips TDA5737M tuner
* Philips TDA9801T demodulator (A)
LG DT3302A demodulator (D)		 Conexant cx2388x yes no2 yes * dual RF inputs
* S-Video & Composite inputs
DViCO
FusionHDTV3 Gold-Q		 2.6.13 Microtune/Temic MT4042
* Philips SA5523 & Philips TDA5737M tuner
* Philips TDA9801T demodulator (A)
LG DT3302A demodulator (D)		 Conexant cx2388x yes yes yes * dual RF inputs
* daughter board for LG DT3302A
* S-Video & Composite inputs
DViCO
FusionHDTV3 Gold-T		 2.6.13 Thomson DTT 7611
* Infineon TUA6034 tuner
* Philips TDA9887 demodulator (A)
LG DT3302A demodulator (D)		 Conexant cx2388x yes yes yes * S-Video & Composite inputs
DViCO
FusionHDTV5 Lite		 2.6.15 LG Innotek TDVS-H064F
* Infineon TUA6034 tuner
* Philips TDA9887 demodulator (A)
* LG DT3303 demodulator (D)		 Conexant BT878 yes yes yes * S-Video & Composite inputs6
* Analog CC
DViCO
FusionHDTV5 Gold		 2.6.14 LG Innotek TDVS-H062F
* Infineon TUA6034 tuner
* Philips TDA9887 demodulator (A)
* LG DT3303 demodulator (D)		 Conexant cx2388x yes yes yes * S-Video & Composite inputs
KWorld
ATSC 110		 2.6.17 Philips TUV1236D
* Infineon TUA6034 tuner
* Philips TDA9887 demodulator (A)
* ATI Nxt2004 demodulator (D)		 Philips saa7135 yes yes yes * dual RF inputs
* S-Video & Composite inputs
pcHDTV
HD-2000		 2.6.12 Philips FCV1236D
* ? tuner
* ? demodulator (A)
Oren OR51211 demodulator (D)		 Conexant BT878A yes no 4 yes * dual RF inputs
* NTSC mono only (?)
pcHDTV
HD-3000		 2.6.12 Thomson DTT 7612
* Infineon TUA6030 tuner
* Philips TDA9887 demodulator (A)
Oren OR51132 demodulator (D)		 Conexant cx23883 yes yes yes * S-Video & Composite inputs
* Analog CC ?
pcHDTV
HD-5500		 2.6.18 LG Innotek TDVS-H064F
* Infineon TUA6034 tuner
* Philips TDA9887 demodulator (A)
* LG DT3303 demodulator (D)		 Conexant cx23883 yes yes yes * S-Video & Composite inputs
* Analog CC
Skydigital
SKY-HDTV		 n.a. LG TDVS-H064P
* Infineon TUA6034 tuner
* Philips TDA9887 demodulator (A)
* LG DT3303 demodulator (D)		 Conexant cx23881 yes yes yes * S-Video & Composite inputs
SIGMACOM
SIGMA HDTV5 X1		 n.a. LG TDVS-H064P
* Infineon TUA6034 tuner
* Philips TDA9887 demodulator (A)
* LG DT3303 demodulator (D)		 Conexant cx23881 yes yes yes * S-Video & Composite inputs


  • Note 1: Functioning 64/256-QAM support has finally been confirmed (example).
  • Note 2: The demodulator supports 64/256-QAM, but there apparently was a board level hardware problem that prevented its reception. For more details, see the FusionHDTV3 Gold article.
  • Note 3: The Flexcop IC's hardware PID filtering capability allows the card to discard unwanted packets from the Transport Stream payload. This typically amounts to saving <10% off the bitrate of a 8-VSB (~19.4 Mbps) or 64-QAM (~27 Mbps) Transport Stream, and >55% of the bitrate of a 256-QAM (~38.8 Mbps) Transport Stream. In other words, the AirStar/Air2PC cards usually consume less PCI and memory bandwidth than the other cards because they have a hardware PID filter. For more details, see the FlexCop article.
  • Note 4: Although the demodulator supports 64/256-QAM, no Firmware currently exists for such support, as pcHDTV was apparently unable to obtain such licensing from Oren. For more details, see this and this.
  • Note 5: The demodulator supports 64/256-QAM, but most people report unusually high error rates and are unable to achieve reception. As a result, it is widely circulated that the card will not support QAM, however some users have been successful (for example, see this post). Nonetheless, they are likely the exception, rather than the usual case.
  • Note 6: Has a working comp/s-video port hidden behind the card-plate.
  • Note 7: An AVerMedia press release (Jan 8 2007, CES) mentions them demonstrating an "updated AVerTVHD MCE A180". It does not indicate what updates have been made to the card.
  • Note 8: Although the demodulator supports 64/256-QAM, no Firmware currently exists for such support.


  • both the DViCO F5 Gold and Lite RT versions work


Likely work as is or can be made to work with some manual configuration:

  • ADS Tech Instant HDTV PCI ... similar to KWorld ATSC 110
    • PTV-380-EF revision lacks A/V inputs
    • PTV-381-EF (oem) revision has an A/V input DIN on board, but access to it is blocked by the bracket
    • PTV-382-EF revision has an A/V input
  • KWorld ATSC 110 clones;
    • Jetway/IVOUGE
    • KWorld ATSC 115 ... (aka KWorld PlusTV HD PCI 115) ... appears identical to the 110 model ...different label, remote and new Windows software (ArcSoft) only?
    • MSI Digital@nywhere-ATSC .. is exactly the same as the KWorld ATSC 110. I have a MSI card running as a KWorld.
  • SIGMACOM SIGMA HDTV5 Penta, SIGMA HDTV5 X1 Star, SIGMA HDTV5 X1 365 ?? ... available in Korea only ?
  • SIGMACOM SIGMA HDTV5 K1... available in Korea only ?
  • Twinhan TwinhaDTV ATSC (D+A), aka VP-3250 (support added in 2.6.18)...
    • Twinhan VP-3250 clones: Fujiplus FD-3250 & Norwood Micro

Currently Unsupported ATSC PCI cards

  • Hardware Decoding Cards
    Note: see the MyHD Linux Driver project for the development status of a driver for the "Janus" (TL880) MPEG2 decoder common to most cards in this category
    • Digital Stream Technologies HiDTV Pro (both the original and 2.0 version)..(Janus based)
    • Global Telemann Systems HiPix DTV-200 (Janus based)
    • Hauppauge WinTV-D
    • Hauppauge WinTV-HD (Janus based)
    • iTech AccessDTV (Janus based)
    • MIT MyHD cards ... MDP-100, MDP-120, MDP-130 (Janus based)
    • (formerly) Sasem OnAir DTV PRO (Janus based)... available in Korea only ?
    • SIGMACOM Jaguar HDTV (Janus based) ... available in Korea only ?
    • Sencore 998 PCI HDTV (Broadcom based)

ATSC mini-PCI cards

For information on the mini-PCI bus, see following Wikipedia article

Supported ATSC mini-PCI cards

There are no ATSC mini-PCI cards currently supported.

Currently Unsupported ATSC mini-PCI cards

  • AOpen LR351 Hybrid ATSC/Analog TV Tuner ... (Note: a patch providing support for its analog side exists; see this thread)


External Links

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