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On this page you will find information regarding DVB-T PCI cards.

Please be aware that:
  • The information contained here is likely non-exhaustive and, despite best efforts to do otherwise, may contain errors. (Please help to keep these lists up-to-date so that they are useful for everyone!)
  • If your device is not listed, try:
    • searching the existing mailing list archives:
      • Linux-Media Mailing List (LMML) archives (via vger or .... )
      • or from the older mailing lists (now largely deprecated in favour of the LMML):
        • dvb mailing list archives (via spinics or MARC ... )
        • v4l mailing list archives (via .... )
    • searching for information with Google or other internet search engine
    • by posting a question about the device directly to the LMML (but please do conduct a search first, as it may already have been discussed!)
    • Note: when it comes to support, it is generally a good idea to try the current V4L-DVB sources because some device drivers can be very new and thus may have not made their way into the mainstream kernel.
In any regard, in respect to the above listed suggestions, you may find it to be the case that your device is actually already supported or that experimental support is available.
  • 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.
  • Lastly, it bears worth repeating the request: Please help to keep these lists up-to-date so that they are useful for everyone!


Supported DVB-T PCI Cards

The following table lists the confirmed working DVB-T PCI cards and provides a brief summary of their features and components. If you need more technical information on a device, have a look at its specific wiki article.

Asus

Model Type Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
My Cinema-P7131 Hybrid
ASUS-MyCinema-P7131-Dual-box.jpg
DVB-T + Analog [1] ca. 45 € DVB, VDR, (***unstable*** causes random memory corruption and crashes)
  • Philips SAA7131E
  • Philips TDA10046A
  • DVB-T/FM in
  • Analog TV in
  • IR in
  • AV in (with cable to composite, S-video and audio)
  • Comes with remote and Infra-Red-Sensor
  • With Low-Profile bracket
  • Supports FM-radio
  • Needs firmware (dvb-fe-tda10046.fw); see the P7131 article
[2]
ASUS-MyCinema-P7131-Dual.jpg
ASUS-MyCinema-P7131-Dual-rear.jpg

AVerMedia

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
AVerTV DVB-T (A761)

[3]

oldest AVerTV DVB-T model

ca. 90 € DVB, VDR

[4]

  • Antenna in
  • S-Video in
  • Composite in
  • Comes with remote and Infra-Red-Sensor
  • Low-Profile-Card
  • Difference compared to 771 is the Tuner and Composite-in
[5]

[6]

Avertv dvb-t 761.jpg
AVerTV DVB-T 771 (A771)

[7]

ca. 90 € DVB, VDR possible

[8] [9], [10] [11]

Warning some people experience problems with this card search for mt352_read_register on the mailing list.

  • Antenna In
  • S-Video In
  • S-Video/Composite Adapter
  • Remote and Infra-red-rerceiver included
  • Low-Profile-Card
  • Difference to the older "761" is the Tuner and the missing Composite-in
[12] [13]
Avertv dvb-t 771.jpg
AVerTV DVB-T 777 (A16AR)

newest model of the AVerTV DVB-T

[14]

ca. 65 € DVB, VDR ab 2.6.17-rc1
  • Antenna In
  • S-Video In
  • S-Video/Composite Adapter
  • Remote and Infra-red-receiver included (v4l-dvb needs a patch to properly work)
  • Works on Ubuntu 6.10 "almost" out of the box.
  • HDTV *(1080i / 720P) ready
Avermedia777.jpg
AVerTV Hybrid+FM PCI (A16D)

[15]

ca. 80 € Not yet

For experimental support, see here, and maybe here

  • Antenna In
  • S-Video In
  • FM
  • Analog / DVB-T
  • Remote and Infra-red-receiver included
  • HDTV *(1080i / 720P) ready
[16]
AVerTV Hybrid+FM PCI (A16AR)

[17]

Yes
  • Philips TD1316A (tuner)
  • Philips TDA9887 (analog demodulator)
  • Philips SAA7135HL (A/V decoder)
  • Zarlink MT352 (DVB-T demodulator)
  • Antenna In
  • S-Video In
  • FM
  • Analog / DVB-T
  • Remote and Infra-red-receiver included
  • HDTV *(1080i / 720P) ready
AVerTV DVB-T Super 007

[18]

ca. 60 € Yes (with patch)
  • Antenna In
  • IR In
  • DVB-T / Analog
  • Remote and Infra-red-receiver included
  • (this is "Hybrid Super 007" with Analog+DVB-T or "DVB-T Super 007" with only DVB-T?)
Super 007 box.jpg
Super 007 card.jpg

ChainTech

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
DTT 1000 PCI

[19]

ca. 100 € DVB, VDR
(lt. c't 11/2004)
  • Antenna In
  • Hangs at least older kernels (<2.6.12) unless the bttv module is loaded with parameters "i2c_hw=1 card=0x71". This may cause boot problems when the module is automatically loaded by hotplug.
[20]

Club 3D

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
ZAP-TV2202

[21]

Manual

ca. 67 € DVB, Analogue Philips SAA7131
  • Antenna In
  • Radio In
  • S-Video In In
  • Shows up as device 169d:3306
  • Installed with command modprobe saa7134 card=94

Compro

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
VideoMate DVB-T200

[22]

ca. 37 € DVB kernel 2.6.17 Philips SAA7134
  • Antenna In
  • S-Video In
  • Composite In
  • Remote and Infra-red-receiver included

(to get the irda working correctly you may find this mail useful [23] )

  • HDTV *(1080i / 720P) ready
  • Power on via irda
  • warning: problems with poor reception: [24]


DViCO

Model Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
FusionHDTV Dual Digital 4

[25]

Zarlink ZL10353
  • Antenna in
  • IR In
  • Dual DVB-T tuner card
  • Supports HD streams
  • Requires patching
  • Is actually two USB devices attached though a Via PCI-to-USB bridge
  • Uses dvb-usb-cxusb module
  • Includes low-profile PCI bracket
DViCO FusionHDTV Dual Digital 4.jpg


GDI Black Gold

Manufacturer

Model number

Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
GDI Black Gold

[26]

S-Video support works (Small patch which is now in CVS). DVB doesn't work. Conexant CX23881-19/Front End CX22702/Tuner Philips TU1216/TDA10046 demodulator
  • Antenna In
  • S-Video In
  • Remote In
Like this, but slightly longer with a heat sink.

Card Connectors

Hama

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
DVB-T PCI-Karte

[27]

ca. 80 € DVB, VDR possible

[28] (lt. c't 11/2004)

Fusion 878A
  • Antenna In
[29]

Hauppage

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
Old WinTV-NOVA-T PCI

(until 06/2004) [30]

en

DVB, VDR Philips
  • Antenna In
  • Remote In
  • Since 07/2004 Hauppauge have been shipping a new Nova-T (see below)
  • Comes with remote
Hauppauge nova-t remote.jpg
Hauppauge nova-t old.jpg
New WinTV-NOVA-T PCI

(since 07/2004) [31]

en

ca. 100 € Works with patches from [32] or >= kernel 2.6.12 Conexant CX2388x
  • Antenna In
  • Antenna Out
  • Remote In
  • Drivers included in kernel >= 2.6.12 (CONFIG_VIDEO_CX88_DVB)
  • Comes with same remote as the older model
[33]
Hauppauge nova-t juli2004.jpg
Hauppauge nova-t juli2004 Packung.jpg
WinTV-NOVA-T-500

(since 09/2006) [34]

ca. 100 € works with v4l-dvb hg from 2006-09-20 [35] or kernel >= 2.6.19 DiBcom DiB0700
  • Antenna In
  • Remote In (should now be working)
  • Dual DVB-T tuner card.
  • PCI 2.2 card using 3.3V. Failed to run on PCI 2.1 system.
  • Card contains a USB2.0 device with USB host controller. See DiBcom DiB0700 USB2.0 DVB-T based devices for further details
  • Device/drivers suffer from a serious problem. The USB DVB-T tuners seem to occasionally "disconnect" and reconnect during a tuning operation, this causes the kernel to oops requiring a reboot. Should be fixed now.
  • USB Disconnect problem has not been fixed yet. See the linux-dvb mailing list for details. On my system, the USB disconnect doesn't require a reboot, just unloading the modules and reloading them restores it. The problem is annoying enough that approx 5 out of 40 recordings per week could be lost.
  • scanning (or tuning with any AUTO parameters) is known to be broken in kernel 2.6.20, and probably earlier kernels too. Fixed in kernel 2.6.21; try [this patch] for older kernels.
  • A new version appears to have been released (in the UK at least) which as of writing this (26/07/2007) doesn't work with the normal Nova-T 500 driver. The card is labelled with the 'Diversity' feature stickers and the actual model number on the board is Nova-TD 500. The card has two aerial connectors.
new WinTV-HVR-1300 (since 07/2005)

[36] (HVR-1100 is similiar to HVR-1300, but without MPEG hardware encoder)

ca. 130 € Digital & Analogue working in repository [37]. Encoder support being worked on. Conexant CX2388x
  • TV Antenna In
  • FM Antenna In
  • AV (Cinch)
  • S-Video (Mini-DIN)
  • Audio In
  • Remote I
  • DVB support in kernel >= 2.6.12 (CONFIG_VIDEO_CX88_DVB)
Hauppage hvr-1300.jpg
[38]
100 7999.JPG
new WinTV-HVR-1110 (since 09/2006)

[39]

(HVR-1110 is similiar to HVR-1100, but with a triangular shape and a Philips TDA10046 chipset)

ca. 70 € DVB-T and Analog Philips SAA7134
  • TV Antenna In
  • FM Antenna In
  • AV (Cinch)
  • S-Video (Mini-DIN)
  • Audio In
  • Remote I
  • Supported with the latest 2.6.18 kernel, need latest v4l-dvb (mercurial) to work on older kernels. See [40].
Hauppage hvr-1300.jpg
HVR-1110.jpg

KNC1

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
TV-Station DVB-T

[41]

ca. 80 € DVB, ? Philips SAA7146

KWorld

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
V-Stream Xpert DVB-T PCI

[42]

ca. 80 € DVB, VDR possible [43] New card:[44]

Full support :[[45]]

Conexant CX23883
  • Antenna In
  • S-Video In
  • Composite In
  • Remote In
  • Remote & IR-receiver included
  • There are three versions of this card, one with a Samsung tuner similar to the AVerMedia 771, another with a Thomson tuner (similar to the Nova-T 90002) and another with Thomson tuner DTT 7579. Both versions are supported.
[46]
DVB-T 220

[47]

DVB, analogue Philips SAA7134
  • Antenna In (two)
  • FM In
  • Remote In
  • Automatically detected by recent Linux kernel. Requires 'modprobe saa7134-dvb' to enable DVB.
DVBT-100

[48]

DVB, analogue
  • Antenna In (two)
  • FM In
  • Remote In
  • Automatically detected by recent Linux kernel. Requires 'modprobe cx88-dvb' to enable DVB.

Leadtek

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
WinFast DTV 1000 T

[49]

DVB Conexant based system see LR6650
  • TV Antenna In
  • TV antenna out (loop through)
  • S-Video in
  • Composite video in
  • Remote In
  • Since kernel 2.6.15-rc1
  • The tuner works with Mythbuntu 7.10 (i386) but the remote doesn't.
  • In Australia, this card appears to have been superseded by the DTV 1000 S which uses a different chipset and apparently is not supported.
[50]
WinFast DTV 2000 H $AUD 80 DVB
  • 1 x RF TV (antenna)
  • 1 x RF TV (cable)
  • 1 x RF FM
  • 1 x ph jack for IR sensor
  • 1 x ph jack for audio in
  • 1 x MiniDin 6-pin for video in
Works with Ubuntu 7.10 (AMD64)

LifeView

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
FlyDVB-T

[51]

DVB-T only Philips SAA7134
  • Antenna In
  • S-Video In
  • Composite in
  • Remote In
  • Supported by Linux kernel 2.6.10.
LR301.jpg
FlyDVB-T Duo

[52]

DVB-T and Analog Philips SAA7133
  • Cable/Antenna In (two)
  • S-Video In
  • Composite In
  • FM In
  • Remote In
  • Combination analog/digital card
  • Supported by Linux kernel 2.6.10.
LR306.jpg
FlyDVB Trio

[53]

DVB-T, Satellite and Analog Philips SAA7134
  • Satellite Antenna In
  • Digital Antenna In
  • Analog Antenna In
  • S-Video/Composite In
  • FM In
  • Remote In
  • Combination analog/digital card
  • Supported by Linux kernel 2.6.10.
Photo dvb trio.jpg
FlyDVB-T Hybrid

[54]

DVB-T and Analog
  • TV Antenna in
  • FM Antenna in
  • S-Video in
  • Composite video + stereo audio in
  • IR-Remote
  • Hybrid analog/digital card
  • Supported by Linux kernel 2.6.15
FlyDVB-T Hybrid MCE PRO DVB-T and Analog HW encoder
  • Cable/Antenna In
  • S-Video In
  • Composite In
  • FM In
  • Remote In
  • Hybrid analog/digital HW encoder card
  • Supported by Linux kernel 2.6.15
323.jpg

Lorenzen

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
SL DVB-T PCI

[55]

DVB, VDR Philips
  • Antenna In
  • Can support +5V power supply for Antenna (Jumper on board)
(Old Design): [56]
Lorenzen SL DVB-T PCI.jpg

Medion

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
CTX953

(a.k.a Creatix CTX 953: [57])

neither DVB-T nor analog currently work correctly.
  • NXP SAA 7131E/03/G
  • NXP TDA 10046A
  • NXP 8275AC1
  • Antenna In
  • S-Video In
  • Audio-In (3.5mm)
  • Composite-In
Medion CTX953 front.jpg
Medion CTX953 back.jpg

MSI

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
MSI TV@nywhere A/D DVB-T and Analog
  • TV Antenna in
  • FM Antenna in
  • S-Video in
  • Composite video + stereo audio in
  • IR-Remote
  • Hybrid analog/digital card
  • Supported by Linux kernel 2.6.15
  • clone of LifeView FlyDVB-T Hybrid
  • requires "card=94"
MSI TV@nywhere A/D v1.1 Around $65 AUD Unsupported
  • TV Antenna in
  • FM Antenna in
  • S-Video in
  • Composite video + stereo audio in
  • IR-Remote
  • As of kernel 2.6.23.13 the frontend seems to not work, even with "card=94"
MSI TV@nywhere A/D v1.1 alternate Around $65 AUD Analog and DVB-T (partially)
  • Philips SAA7131E
  • Philips TDA10046A
  • Tuner 8275AC1
  • FM Antenna in
  • TV Antenna in
  • AV input (comes with adaptor that allows connection of s-video or composite video as well as RCA connectors for audio)
  • IR-Remote
  • This card mostly works with the latest drivers as of 2008-02-08 (tested using mythbuntu 2.6.22-14-generic kernel). There is a problem with unreliable firmware loading. The card only works if the firmware loads correctly.
  • Requires card=109
MSI TV@nywhere A-D v1.1.JPG

Nebula

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
DigiTV PCI

[59]

ca. 150 € DVB,VDR
NXT6000 demod supported by recent kernels, mt352 demod will be supported by kernels >= 2.6.14-rc1.
Demod Chip

Old board:
ATI NXT6000
New board:
Zarlink MT352
Tuner (tin box)
Alps TDED4 (both boards)

  • Antenna In
  • Antenna Out
  • AV In
  • Remote In
  • Comes with remote
[60]

NPG

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
Real DVB-T
[61]
Doesn't seem to work. Conexant CX23880-19 CX22702-25
  • Antenna In
  • S-Video In
  • Remote In
  • 2.6.16 kernel recognizes the card as "Conexant DVB-T reference design" (card=19)

Pinnacle

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
PCTV MediaCenter 300i

[62]

ca. 110 €

(~40 € for "Dazzle" package with no remote)

DVB works with patches from [63], but see this thread [64] for recent regression post 2.6.12

Everyone seems happy using Hartmut's Patch [65] with more recent kernels. Check the associated thread for more info...

July 2006: Worked out of the box with recent kernel 2.6.17 Debian unstable!

Philips SAA7134

Zarlink MT352 tda9887 PLL

  • Antenna In
  • Remote In
  • Composite Video In
  • Hybrid DVB-T / Analogue card.
  • Comes with remote control.
[66]

[67]

PCTV MediaCenter 310i

[68]

ca. 110 € DVB works with Debian AMD64 testing

Worked out of the box with recent kernel 2.6.20

Philips SAA7134

TDA 10046H tda8275A PLL

  • Antenna In
  • Remote In
  • Composite Video In
  • Hybrid DVB-T / Analogue card.
  • Comes with remote control.
  • Quality better than Pinnacle software for win xp.
PCTV Dual DVB-T Pro PCI / 2000i

[69]

ca. 120 € Not working so far (Oct.2006). Shows up as three unknown PCI devices ID 0040, 0041, 0042 with subsystems 0044. Manufacturer Pinnacle Systems Inc. detected correctly. 2x Zarlink ZL10353
2x Microtune MT2060

PINNACLE DTV BRIDGE 0612MP007/0611MP007

  • Antenna In
  • Remote In
  • Dual DVB-T tuner card.
  • Comes with remote control. Uses Pinnacle's own application, might not be avalable for Linux.
  • High Quality Pictures
[70]

Satelco

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
Satelco PCI

[71]

ca. 110 € ? ?
  • Antenna In
  • Antenna Out
. [72]

TechniSat

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
AirStar 2 PCI / Air2PC DVB PCI [73] ca. 80 € DVB, VDR possible

[74][75]

?
  • Antenna In
  • Antenna Out
  • Remote and LIRC Compatible Serial Dongle Included
[76]

TechnoTrend

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
TT-DVB-T 1200 ca. 210 € DVB, VDR
?
  • Antenna In
  • Video Out
  • The TT-DVB-T 1200 is the only known "full-featured" DVB-T Card.
  • Can only tune UHF channels: VHF is not supported with this card!
.
TT-DVB-T 1500

[77]

ca. 79 € DVB, VDR
Philips SAA7146

Tuner: Philips TDA10046H

  • Antenna In
  • Common Interface for TT-budget-S/C/T-1500 is supported.
  • Gives wrong frequencies when channelscanning in for example xawtv4 and mythtv for at least one user. As long as the channel frequencies are adjusted afterwards everything works fine. (Hardware: 0000:00:14.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01))
  • To make the fine piece of remotecontrol that comes with the budget t 1500 card, add these lines to:
  • /etc/modprobe.d/options
  • options budget_ci rc5_device=255
  • And use it with the VDR Remote-plugin


TT-DVB-T 1300

[78] [79]

DVB, VDR Philips
  • Antenna In
TT-PCline Budget3 TA1000 ca. 90 € ? ?
  • Antenna In
  • Combination DVB-T and analog (PAL/NTSC)
[80]

TerraTec

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
Cinergy 1200 DVB-T

[81]

ca. 80 € DVB, VDR Philips SAA7146

Tuner: Philips TDA10046H

  • Antenna In
  • Video In
Cinergy 1400 DVB-T

[82]

ca. 80 € DVB, VDR Tuner: Thomson TT 7579

Chipset Connexant CX88XX

  • Antenna In
  • Antenna Out
  • S-Video In
  • S-Video/Composite Adapter
  • Remote In
  • Use cx88xx with option card=30 (if kernel>=2.6.13) or card=19 (if kernel < 2.6.13) and use drivers:
  • cx88_dvb
  • cx8802
  • cx8800
  • cx88_blackbird (connexant ref. design)
[[83]]
Cinergy HT PCI

[84]

ca. 50 € DVB-T, Analog TV, Radio
  • Tuner: Thomson TT 7579
  • Chipset: Philips SAA7134
  • Analog Tuner: tda8290+75
  • Digital Chipset: TDA10046H
  • Antenna In
  • S-Video In
  • Remote In
  • Audio Out
  • Works with Module saa7134 for analog TV and saa7134-dvb for DVB-T
  • Drivers from linuxtv.org work fine, no special options needed.
  • Has remote included, does not work for me in linux so far.
  • PCI subsystem ID: 153b:1175
  • Note: There is an unsupported newer revision under the same name, see below.
New Cinergy HT PCI

[85]

ca. 50 € not supported Chipset Conexant CX2388x
  • Newer revision of TerraTec Cinergy HT PCI
  • PCI subsystem ID: 153b:1177
  • Not supported as of October 2007

TwinHan

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
VisionDTV Ter PCI [86] ca. 80 € DVB, VDR possible

[87] (lt. c't 11/2004)

  • Antenna in
[88]
DTV Ter PCI (A&D) [89]

VP-30540

ca. 70 € Works ok with FC4 latest 2.6 kernel and cx88xx option card=42.

Cannot use the DVB, Analogue or FM tuners simultaneously.

  • Antenna in
  • FM (radio) in
  • Composite in
  • S-Video in
  • Remote in
Hybrid (DVB-T & analog TV)

You will see 4 new PCI-Devices:

  • 14f1:8800 Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder
  • 14f1:8801 unknown
  • 14f1:8802 unknown
  • 14f1:8804 unknown

The non-DVB-T (analog-tuner) evtl. works running

modprobe cx88xx tuner=63

EDIT: Got DVB-T to work with option card=42:
cx88[0]: card=42 -> digitalnow DNTV Live! DVB-T Pro
Playback is smooth the earlier comment about Jekryness was due
to not have overlay switched on.
The card even looks like the digitalnow DNTV Live! DVB-T Pro [90]

[91]
3506 Hybrid

[92]

~ £25 in UK Works ok with FC7 latest 2.6 kernel and saa7134 module, card=109.

Cannot use the DVB, Analogue or FM tuners simultaneously.

  • Philips SAA7131E
  • Philips TDA10046H
  • Antenna in
  • FM (radio) in
  • Composite in
  • S-Video in
  • Remote in
Hybrid (DVB-T & analog TV)

I2C gate tuning problem, you'll need to compile the driver with a small change

Yuan

Model Price Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes Pictures
Stratford PG300

[93]

AUD $45 DVB, VDR possible
Conexant CX23881-19 CX22702-15
  • Antenna in
  • IR in
  • Antenna Loop out
  • Remote & IR-receiver included
  • DVB Works with "options cx88xx card=43"
  • Remote Not Working
  • Includes Low-Profile bracket

[94]



Currently Unsupported DVB-T 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.


Manufacturer

Model number

Price

Supports Tuner / Chips Connectors Notes 'Pictures
Pinnacle

PCTV DVB-T PCI (250i) [95]

~£26 in the UK

No support yet
  • Antenna In
  • Remote In
  • DVB-T card
  • Comes with remote control.
[96]
LeadTek

Leadtek WinFast 1800H DVB-T PCI [97]
$AUD ~65 (Australia Dollars)

No support yet

Contact with Leadtek it is unlikely that they will provide any help.
This isn't unprecedented[98].

  • Tuner: PN:W12G0288 (if that means anything)
  • Demod:ZL10353
  • Demux:CX23883
  • Antenna In
  • Remote In
  • FM In
  • S-Video In
  • DVB-T card
  • Comes with remote control.
[99]