Digital Tuner Cards

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These cards are used to record off the new digital television broadcast systems. The video is compressed by the broadcaster, and the card outputs audio and video multiplexed in an MPEG2 transport stream.

ATSC

This standard is primarily used in North America, and consists of MPEG2 video with AC3 audio.

Manufacturer Card chipset Interface IR ATSC QAM Inputs
ATI HDTV Wonder cx2388x PCI Yes Yes 1
AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180 saa7135 PCI Yes Yes 1
DViCO FusionHDTV5 Lite cx878 PCI Yes Yes 1
Kworld ATSC-110 saa7134 PCI Yes Yes 1
Kworld ATSC-115 saa7134 PCI Yes Yes 1
Kworld ATSC-120 cx2388x PCI Yes  ? 1
pcHDTV HD-2000 cx878 PCI Yes No 1
pcHDTV HD-3000 cx2388x PCI Yes Yes 1
pcHDTV HD-5500 cx2388x PCI Yes Yes 1
TechniSat Air2PC  ? PCI Yes No 1
TechniSat AirStar HD5000  ? PCI Yes Yes 1
Silicon Dust HDHomeRun ethernet Yes Yes Yes 2

DVB

This standard is used throughout Europe, Asia, and Australia. Video can be MPEG2 or H.264, and audio AC3 or AAC.

Manufacturer Card chipset Interface IR DVB-T DVB-T2 DVB-C DVB-S DVB-S2 Inputs
Silicon Dust HDHomeRun ethernet Yes Yes No No No No 2

ISDB

This standard is primarily used in Japan and South America.

Manufacturer Card chipset Interface IR ISDB-T ISDB-C ISDB-S Inputs