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TwinHan is a taiwanese manufacturer of several multimedia products.
The Twinhan Technology Co. Ltd (short Twinhan) is a taiwanese manufacturer of a plethora of DVB (S/C/T/HDTV) PCI based as well as USB based devices cards.
Originally had closed source bttv drivers (based on the BSD License) for Redhat 9.0. Since there was a heavy cross exchange of fire between the bttv authors and the company, they removed Linux as a supported OS from the list of supported platforms.
Cards
DVB-T
TwinHan DVB-T
("DTTDIG") (dst)
features: fullts card driver: dvb-bt8xx interface: PCI PCI device id: 14f1:8804 PCI subsystem id: 1822:0001 Bridge: bt8xx frontend 1: frontend driver: dst Notes: The frontends on these cards are hidden behind an ASIC - no need to know the full details. The actual card type is determined by interrogating the onboard EEPROM.
TwinHan V3021
(nxt6000/ALPS TDED4-504A(TI ALP50))
features: fullts, AVin card driver: dvb-bt8xx interface: PCI PCI device id: 109e:0878 PCI subsystem id: 0071:0101 Bridge: bt8xx frontend 1 tin box: ALPS TDED4-504A frontend driver: nxt6000 demodulator location: tin box demodulator: NxtWave Communications NXT6000 @0x0A PLL: TI ALP50 @0x60 Notes: This board design is used by numerous OEMs. Other names it may be known as include: Nebula DigiTV
DVB-C
TwinHan ???? ("DCTNEW")
(dst)
features: fullts card driver: dvb-bt8xx interface: PCI PCI device id: 14f1:8804 PCI subsystem id: 1822:0001 Bridge: bt8xx frontend 1: frontend driver: dst Notes: The frontends on these cards are hidden behind an ASIC - no need to know the full details. The actual card type is determined by interrogating the onboard EEPROM.
TwinHan ("DCT-CI")
(dst)
features: fullts card driver: dvb-bt8xx interface: PCI PCI device id: 14f1:8804 PCI subsystem id: 1822:0001 Bridge: bt8xx frontend 1: driver: dst Notes: The frontends on these cards are hidden behind an ASIC - no need to know the full details. The actual card type is determined by interrogating the onboard EEPROM.
DVB-S
All the Twinhan DVB-S cards use a LG tuner. If you have a good signal, this tuner is perfectly alright, but in cases of low signals the tuner freaks out..
The tuner has a high phase noise ... ?
Device | Trade Name (on box) | Description | Firmware / dst_get_device_id |
---|---|---|---|
Twinhan VP-1020 PCTV Sat | DVB-S Budget PCI card | ||
Twinhan VP-1020A PCTV Sat | DVB-S Budget PCI card | ||
Twinhan VP-1022 | DTV Mini-Sat | DVB-S Budget PCI card | DST-03T |
Twinhan VP-1025 PCTV Sat | DTV Sat-Express | DVB-S Budget PCI card | DST-03T |
Twinhan VP-1030 | DVB-S Budget PCI card | ? | |
Twinhan VP-1030A PCTV Sat CI | DVB-S Budget PCI card | DSTMCI | |
Twinhan VP-1030C PCTV Sat CI | DVB-S Budget PCI card |
Firmare id is returned by the card's firmware. You can find this id in the traces. (/var/log/messages) For instance:
Apr 12 08:31:58 localhost kernel: dst_get_device_id: Recognise [DST-CI]
Brand | Device | Description | Firmware |
---|---|---|---|
Digital Rise | DTV PCI Sat CI [1] | Clone of VP-1032 | |
Hercules | Smart TV Satellite | Clone of VP-1030 | DST-CI |
Pinnacle | PCTV Sat CI | same as Smart TV Satellite? | |
TechniSat | SkyStar1 CI < v3.0 | Clone of VP-1032 (VP-1030C) | DST-CI |
TechniSat | SkyStar1 CI v3.0 | Clone of VP-1030A | DSTMCI |
Twinhan card are also sold as OEM by Hama ,VVMER, Tomato...
USB
For USB cards, also see VisionDTV USB Terrestrical.
Device | Description |
---|---|
Twinhan VisionPlus VisionDTV USB-Ter DVB-T | DVB-T USB Device based on DiBcom reference USB design equiped with a DiBcom 3000-MB demod. |