ATSC PCI cards

On this page you will find information regarding ATSC PCI and mini-PCI cards. If you require further information on a device, have a look at its specific wiki article.

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• Because the component constitution on many devices are often similar or identical, there may be devices that are unlisted but may actually work with the existing driver framework for previously supported devices. In such a case, your non-listed but working device will likely be reported in your system messages as being one of those previously supported devices. If you encounter such an occurrence, please do report your success on the LMML so that proper detection/identification of your device can be added within the drivers.
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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.

Sortable List of Supported ATSC PCI Cards

Vendor & Model	Added to Kernel	Frontend	Bridge Interface	8VSB	QAM	NTSC	Other Features
ADS Tech Tech Instant HDTV PCI	2.6.28 [1]	Philips TUV1236D Infineon TUA6034 tuner Philips TDA9887 demodulator (A) ATI Nxt2004 demodulator (D)	Philips SAA7135	✔ Yes	✔ Yes1	✔ Yes	dual RF inputs
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	2.6.15	Alps TDHU ? tuner ATI Nxt2004 demodulator (D)	Philips SAA7135	✔ Yes	✔ Yes	✘ No	S-Video & Composite inputs Some OEM versions lack A/V inputs Also see note 7
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 Fusion 878A	✔ Yes	✔ Yes	✔ Yes	S-Video & Composite inputs6 Analog CC
DViCO FusionHDTV5 RT Lite	?	LG Innotek TDVS-H064F Infineon TUA6034 tuner Philips TDA9887 demodulator (A) LG DT3303 demodulator (D)	Conexant Fusion 878A	✔ Yes	✔ Yes	✔ Yes	S-Video & Composite inputs6 Analog CC RTC (real time clock) feature for programmed wake up of system
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
DViCO FusionHDTV5 RT Gold	?	LG Innotek TDVS-H062F Infineon TUA6034 tuner Philips TDA9887 demodulator (A) LG DT3303 demodulator (D)	Conexant CX2388x	✔ Yes	✔ Yes	✔ Yes	S-Video & Composite inputs RTC (real time clock) feature for programmed wake up of system
DViCO FusionHDTV5 PCI nano	2.6.26 [2]						available in Korea only ?
DViCO FusionHDTV7 RT Gold	2.6.26
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600	2.6.26	? Maxlinear MXL5005S & Microtune MT2131 tuner Conexant CX23418 demodulator (A) Samsung S5H1409 demodulator (D)	Conexant CX23418	✔ Yes	✔ Yes	✔ Yes	IR Blaster and remote included in retail package Expansion board available for more capture options
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
KWorld ATSC 115	2.6.24	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 older kernels can use the saa7134's "card=90" module option to set the card as an atsc110
KWorld ATSC 120 (a.k.a. PlusTV HD PCI 120)	2.6.26 [3]
pcHDTV HD-2000	2.6.12	Philips FCV1236D ? tuner ? demodulator (A) Oren OR51211 demodulator (D)	Conexant Fusion 878A	✔ 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 & stereo audio inputs Analog CC
Pinnacle PCTV HD Card (800i)	2.6.25	Xceive XC5000 tuner & demod. (A) Samsung S5H1409 demodulator (D)	Conexant CX23883	✔ Yes	✔ Yes	✔ Yes	S-Video & Composite inputs IR Remote Control (plugs into card riser)
Twinhan TwinhanDTV ATSC (D+A) (a.k.a. VP-3250)	2.6.18	Philips TUV1236D Infineon TUA6034 tuner Philips TDA9887 demodulator (A) ATI Nxt2004 demodulator (D)	Conexant Fusion 878A	✔ Yes	✘ No	✘ No	dual RF inputs uses proprietary asic, behind which the tuning functions are "hidden"

• 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.

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

Note: If you own one of these cards, and you have got it working, please send in a patch (which establishes automagic recognition and configuration of the card) for inclusion into the kernel

• Geniatech HDTV Thriller X8000A ... identical to KWorld ATSC 120, save for the PCI ID
• KWorld ATSC 110 clones:
  • Jetway/IVOUGE
  • MSI Digital@nywhere-ATSC .. has been reported as being exactly the same as the KWorld ATSC 110, and gets setup as such
• KWorld ATSC 150 - aka KWorld PC150-U see here
• Leadtek WinFast HDTV Cinema ... similar to the KWorld ATSC 110; see this thread & its continuation
• SIGMACOM SIGMA HDTV5 X1 ...this card is highly similar to the DViCO FusionHDTV5 Gold ... available in Korea only ?
  • In fact, all the SIGMACOM X1 cards, and near derivatives, could likely be made to work; including: SIGMA HDTV5 X1 Star, SIGMA HDTV5 X1 365, SIGMA HDTV5 Penta, SIGMA HDTV5 K1
• Skydigital SKY-HDTV ....The card is highly similar to the DViCO FusionHDTV5 Gold .. available in Korea only ?
• Twinhan VP-3250 clones:
  • Fujiplus FD-3250
  • Norwood Micro

Experimental

• Yuan MPC583 ... see this thread

Currently Unsupported ATSC PCI cards:

If you own one or more devices from the following list and you want to help with support development, please contact the Linux-Media Mailing List (LMML). Note that if your device is similar to or contains components for which driver development is currently being undertaken, then it is possible that you will pique the developers' interest and can obtain some assistance that, possibly, leads to full support for your device.

However, please note that inquiries to the mailing list:

• Should NOT be treated as an order drop-off queue. You're soliciting help from volunteer developers who work on V4L-DVB matters in their spare time, and such work can be non-trivial (i.e. requiring even thousands of hours work). So being demanding is one sure route to being ignored. (Honestly, this point really shouldn't even need to be written, but you'd be surprised at the number of irrational individuals who write into the mailing list demanding this or that).
• May pass without garnering a response—a distinct byproduct of the fact that there are a limited number of developers, whom might be able to help, that are associated with the project. Often times, even if they wished to help, their energies are entirely tied up with other projects. In such cases, the best path might be to try to spearhead the driver development for your device yourself, or hire someone who can.

• Software Decoding Cards:
  • ADS Tech MCE DualTuner-HDTV+NTSC PCI (MCE-4000-EF) ... or ADS MCE-4000-WX Hybrid Tuner ... Vixs ... looks identical to Vista View Saber DA-1N1-I
  • ATI/AMD ATI TV Wonder 650 PCI
    • Sapphire Theatrix 650 PRO
    • VisionTek TV Wonder 650 PCI
  • ATI/AMD ATI TV Wonder 600 PCI
    • VisionTek TV Wonder HD 600
  • DViCO FusionHDTV
  • DViCO FusionHDTV II ... (though, analog works) [4]
  • DViCO FusionHDTV6 Cool ... available in Korea only ?
  • DViCO FusionHDTV7 Cool
  • Geniatech HDTV Thriller A8000
  • Geniatech HDTV Thriller X8350A
  • MSI Digi@nywhere A/D
  • Sabrent TV-ATSC ... looks to be a clone of the Shenzhen Forward Video PDTV004
  • (formerly) Sasem OnAir DTV-2000 ... available in Korea only ?
  • (formerly) Seasem OnAir DTV-1500... available in Korea only ?
  • Shenzhen Forward Video PDTV004
  • SIGMACOM SIGMA Cyber HDTV... available in Korea only ?
  • SIGMACOM SIGMA Cyber HDTV +... available in Korea only ?
  • SIGMACOM SIGMA Cyber HDTV II... available in Korea only ?
  • VBox Cat's Eye (DTA) 150 and 151 cards
  • VBox ATSC 2060
  • ViXS PureTV-U reference designs:
    • ASUS My Cinema-PHC3-100/NAQ/FM/AV/RC ... full height PCI that is actually highly similar to the Samsung Combo-210E (a PCIe card)
    • Samsung Combo-210 ... half height card
    • Vista View View Saber DA-1N1-I ... half height card
    • ViXS PureTV-U 48A3 ... an OEM card, by ASUS, based upon the ViXS half height reference design, and can be found in some Media PC systems from big name vendors (like HP etc.)
    • ViXS PureTV-U 48B0 is an OEM card, by ASUS, based upon the ViXS reference design can be found in some Media PC systems from big name vendors (like HP etc.)

• 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 (LG 802 based) ... analog support exists
  • 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 ?
  • Sencore 998 PCI HDTV (Broadcom based) ... you will also see these on ebay being sold as "DELL PCI HDTV POWEREDGE TV TUNER CARD X1828"
  • SIGMACOM Jaguar HDTV (Janus based) ... available in Korea only ?

ATSC mini-PCI cards

For information on the mini-PCI bus, see the 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 the device's analog side exists; see this thread).