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{{lowercase|pcHDTV HD-5500}}
{{lowercase|pcHDTV HD-5500}}


An [[ATSC]] [[ATSC PCI Cards|PCI card]] from [[pcHDTV]].


The [[pcHDTV]] HD-5500 is an [[ATSC]] [[ATSC PCI Cards|PCI card]], and is supported under Linux (added to kernel 2.6.18). This is the third, and most recent, product offering from pcHDTV.
The HD-5500 is supported under Linux (added to kernel 2.6.18).


==Overview/Features==
This is the third, and most recent, product offering from [[pcHDTV]].


The card's nomenclature falls slightly out of line from its earlier product offerings (the [[pcHDTV HD-2000|HD-2000]] and [[pcHDTV HD-3000|HD-3000]]). It is quite possible that [[pcHDTV]] would have liked to have used "HD-5000", but ended going with HD-5500 due to the fact that BBTI/TechniSat had already released a card to market bearing a "[[TechniSat AirStar-HD5000-PCI|HD5000]]" moniker. Undoubtedly, in using "HD5000", BBTI/TechniSat was in part capitalizing on the prevalent marketing hype for the "LG 5th Gen" demodulator. Nonetheless, its interesting that BBTI choose a nomenclature that is also quite similar to competitor pcHDTV's conventions.
The card's nomenclature falls slightly out of line from its earlier product offerings (the [[pcHDTV HD-2000|HD-2000]] and [[pcHDTV HD-3000|HD-3000]]). It is quite possible that [[pcHDTV]] would have liked to have used "HD-5000", but ended going with HD-5500 due to the fact that BBTI/TechniSat had already released a card to market bearing a "[[TechniSat AirStar-HD5000-PCI|HD5000]]" moniker. Undoubtedly, in using "HD5000", BBTI/TechniSat was in part capitalizing on the prevalent marketing hype for the "LG 5th Gen" demodulator. Nonetheless, its interesting that BBTI choose a nomenclature that is also quite similar to competitor pcHDTV's conventions.


The main difference to previous models is that the HD-5500 does not have composite input and audio out ports. Also the HD-5500 works more out-of-the-box; with the HD-3000 model there was an additional step of copying firmware file to a firmware directory while installing. This saves time while installing and loading the file.


===Components Used===
==Overview==
* Conexant CX2388x (a/v decoder & PCI bridge)
Executing lspci will give you:
00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
00:09.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] (rev 05)
00:09.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05)
00:09.4 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [IR Port] (rev 05)


===Identification===
lspci -vn will reveal that the card has a PCI ID of 7063:5500
The output of ''lspci -vn'' will reveal that the card has a subsystem PCI ID of 7063:5500.


==Making it Work==
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==External Links==
==External Links==
* http://www.pchdtv.com/
* http://www.pchdtv.com/
* http://www.pchdtv.com/forum/
* http://www.pchdtv.com/forum/
[[Category:ATSC PCI Cards]]

Latest revision as of 15:05, 14 July 2016

An ATSC PCI card from pcHDTV.

The HD-5500 is supported under Linux (added to kernel 2.6.18).

Overview/Features

This is the third, and most recent, product offering from pcHDTV.

The card's nomenclature falls slightly out of line from its earlier product offerings (the HD-2000 and HD-3000). It is quite possible that pcHDTV would have liked to have used "HD-5000", but ended going with HD-5500 due to the fact that BBTI/TechniSat had already released a card to market bearing a "HD5000" moniker. Undoubtedly, in using "HD5000", BBTI/TechniSat was in part capitalizing on the prevalent marketing hype for the "LG 5th Gen" demodulator. Nonetheless, its interesting that BBTI choose a nomenclature that is also quite similar to competitor pcHDTV's conventions.

The main difference to previous models is that the HD-5500 does not have composite input and audio out ports. Also the HD-5500 works more out-of-the-box; with the HD-3000 model there was an additional step of copying firmware file to a firmware directory while installing. This saves time while installing and loading the file.

Components Used

  • Conexant CX2388x (a/v decoder & PCI bridge)

Identification

The output of lspci -vn will reveal that the card has a subsystem PCI ID of 7063:5500.


Making it Work

...

External Links