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The WinTV-Nova brand has been established by [[Hauppauge]] to determine the new cheaper decoderless PCI cards. This is the [[DVB-T]] model based on the [[Philips TDA10045|TDA10045]] or the [[Philips TDA10046|TDA10046]] and the [[Philips SAA7146|SAA7146]].
The WinTV-Nova brand is used by [[Hauppauge]] for their decoderless digital TV PCI cards. The -T suffix means [[DVB-T]]. There have been two different types of card sold under the name WinTV-NOVA-T PCI.


== Original Version ==
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All of them are well-supported. Due to the limitations of the quite oldfashioned hardware there may exist some quirks when using many cards in a system. Tuning is slower compared to competing designs.


The first version (before about July 2004) was based on the [[Philips SAA7146|SAA7146]] interface chip and either a [[Philips TDA10046|TDA10046]] or a [[Philips TA10045|TDA10045]] or an [[LSI L64781]] demodulator.
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In most systems and for average users these cards work satisfactorily, the Linux drivers are well-tested and robust.


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All of them are well-supported. Due to the limitations of the quite old-fashioned hardware there may exist some quirks when using multiple cards in a system. Tuning is slower than in competing designs.
For kernel configuration [[#PCI-identify|determine your chipset]] and see the [[Philips TDA10045|TDA10045]] or the [[Philips TDA10046|TDA10046]] pages.


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In most systems and for average users these cards work satisfactorily, the Linux drivers are well-tested and robust.
'''Since 07/2004 there's a new Nova-T that is not supported yet ([[#New Version|see below]])'''


The earliest cards with LSI demodulators work "out of the box". For TDA tuners, you need to identify your chip and see the [[Philips TDA10045|TDA10045]] or the [[Philips TDA10046|TDA10046]] pages. Since there doesn't appear to be a way to tell which one you have programatically you'll probably have to take the card out and look.
== PCI-identify ==
There doesn't appear to be a way to tell which chipset you have programatically. You'll need to take the card out and look.


== New Version ==
== New Version ==


This model is based on a [[Conexant]] [[Conexant cx2388x|cx2388x]]. No more patching is needed for kernel 2.6.12, older versions need patches from http://dl.bytesex.org/patches/ - You need to search for more information, not yet supported well.
This model is based on a [[Conexant]] [[Conexant cx2388x|cx2388x]]. Works "out of the box" with kernels 2.6.12 onwards.


== See Also ==
== See Also ==

Revision as of 13:32, 1 June 2007

The WinTV-Nova brand is used by Hauppauge for their decoderless digital TV PCI cards. The -T suffix means DVB-T. There have been two different types of card sold under the name WinTV-NOVA-T PCI.

Original Version

The first version (before about July 2004) was based on the SAA7146 interface chip and either a TDA10046 or a TDA10045 or an LSI L64781 demodulator.

All of them are well-supported. Due to the limitations of the quite old-fashioned hardware there may exist some quirks when using multiple cards in a system. Tuning is slower than in competing designs.

In most systems and for average users these cards work satisfactorily, the Linux drivers are well-tested and robust.

The earliest cards with LSI demodulators work "out of the box". For TDA tuners, you need to identify your chip and see the TDA10045 or the TDA10046 pages. Since there doesn't appear to be a way to tell which one you have programatically you'll probably have to take the card out and look.

New Version

This model is based on a Conexant cx2388x. Works "out of the box" with kernels 2.6.12 onwards.

See Also

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