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[[Hauppauge]] uses the ''WinTV-Nova'' moniker for their digital TV PCI cards that lack an onboard MPEG-2 decoder (i.e. the designation is used for their so called "budget" or software decoding cards). The -T suffix signifies that the device is for [[DVB-T]] reception. There have been two different types of card sold under the name WinTV-NOVA-T PCI. |
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== Original Version == |
== Original Version(s) == |
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The first version |
The first version(s), sold approximately before about July 2004, were based on the Philips [[Philips SAA7146|SAA7146]] interface chip and used either a Philips [[Philips TDA10046|TDA10046]] or [[Philips TDA10045|TDA10045]] or [[LSI L64781]] [[demodulator]]. |
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| ⚫ | All of these variants are well-supported. The earliest cards featuring the LSI demodulator work "out of the box". For the receivers featuring the TDA demodulators, 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. |
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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. |
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In most systems and for average users these cards work satisfactorily, the Linux drivers are well-tested and robust. |
In most systems and for average users these cards work satisfactorily, the Linux drivers are well-tested and robust. 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. |
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| ⚫ | The earliest cards |
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== New Version == |
== New Version == |
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Revision as of 17:55, 1 June 2007
Hauppauge uses the WinTV-Nova moniker for their digital TV PCI cards that lack an onboard MPEG-2 decoder (i.e. the designation is used for their so called "budget" or software decoding cards). The -T suffix signifies that the device is for DVB-T reception. There have been two different types of card sold under the name WinTV-NOVA-T PCI.
Original Version(s)
The first version(s), sold approximately before about July 2004, were based on the Philips SAA7146 interface chip and used either a Philips TDA10046 or TDA10045 or LSI L64781 demodulator.
All of these variants are well-supported. The earliest cards featuring the LSI demodulator work "out of the box". For the receivers featuring the TDA demodulators, 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.
In most systems and for average users these cards work satisfactorily, the Linux drivers are well-tested and robust. 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.
New Version
This model is based on a Conexant cx2388x. Works "out of the box" with kernels 2.6.12 onwards.