Saa7162 devices

Saa7162 devices are collectively those PCIe devices that are based upon either a SAA7160, SAA7161 or SAA7162 chip, and which will be supported under Linux by the SAA716x kernel driver module.

Supported Cards

There are currently no supported cards. (Check here for current status of driver development).

Examples of saa7160 Based Cards

AVerMedia AVerTV Speedy Hybrid PCI-E

• AVerMedia AVerTV Speedy Hybrid PCI-E Its a combo card Analog + DVB-T

Kworld pe355-2T PCI-E Dual DVB-T TV Card Pro

• Kworld pe355-2T PCI-E Dual DVB-T TV Card Pro is a dual DVB-T card.

• MSI TV@nywhere E-Duo

Examples of saa7160e Based Cards

Creatix CTX975

PCIe DVB-T receiver in a 34 mm Express Card design.

See product page and specifications.

Examples of saa7160et Based Cards

TurboSight TBS6280

• TBS6280 is a dual DVB-T/DVB-T2 PCIe card from TurboSight.

Examples of saa7162 Based Cards

Blackgold TV BGT3540

A "6 in 1" PCI express card, dual digital satellite, dual digital terrestrial, dual analogue terrestrial. Dual F connectors for two DVB-S sources, one Belling-Lee connector for terrestrial.

See product page and specifications.

DNTV PCI Express cards

• DNTV Live! Dual Hybrid PCI Express (a rebadge of the FlyTV Express X1 MST-T2A2EX, see below)
• DNTV Live! QuattroS PCI Express

See v4l discussion.

KWorld PCI Express Hybrid

An early example of a card that uses the saa7162 decoder chip is this hybrid card, which also supports Intel's serial digital video out (SDVO):

See product page.

(Someone needs to tell them it's hybrid, not hybird!)

LifeView Express cards

• LifeView FlyTV Express X1

Philips PCV290

Dual DVB-T and Dual DVB-S Reference Design

Uses 2xTDA8263 DVB-S Tuner, 1 x TDA10093 Dual Channel DVB-S channel decoder, 2xTDA8275A DVB-T Tuner, 2xTDA10046A DVB-T channel decoder, 1xSAA7162E TV video/audio decoder/PCI express interface)

Pinnacle PCTV Dual Hybrid Pro

Tuner cards from Pinnacle with PCI Express x1. PackardBell have some windows drivers for them.

Pinnacle PCTV Dual Analog + DVB-T + DVB-S, Pinnacle_PCTV_7010iX: Two FM, DVB-T, analog TV, and two DVB-S recievers. Chips used: Philips SAA7162, Philips TDA8275A, Zarlink ZL10313 (for DVB-S).

Pinnacle PCTV Dual Hybrid Pro PCI-e, Pinnacle_PCTV_3010iX: Low profile card, Two FM, DVB-T, analog TV recievers. Chips used: Philips SAA7162, Philips TDA8275A.

ViXS Diamond Reference Design

In August 2005, ViXS Systems announced the Diamond PCI Express TV tuner reference design. The design provides for analog and hybrid (analog/digital) video processing, combining ViXS' XCode II-L Dual MPEG Encoder with Philips' SAA7162 Dual Video Decoder and Philips' TV tuner (press release).