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Tuner devices supported for use with Beyond TV
Posted by - NA - on 28 December 2005 07:52 AM

DESCRIPTION:

Use this article to determine whether a particular TV tuner card is compatible, and supported for use, with Beyond TV. The TV tuner cards noted in this document are fully compatible and supported for use with Beyond TV, and drivers are provided when available.

If a tuner device does not appear in this list, please check the unsupported tuner device list to see if it definitely will NOT work with Beyond TV.

NOTE: Beyond TV does not support using a hardware-encoding card with a non hardware-encoding card in a multiple-tuner setup.

If a tuner device appears neither in this list nor the unsupported tuners list, it may still work with Beyond TV, though it has not specifically been tested. For example, the BTWINCAP drivers work with Beyond TV, so the tuner devices listed here should also work with Beyond TV.

ARTICLE:

NOTE: SnapStream Media recommends the use of tuner devices with hardware-encoding capabilitySuch devices are necessary to operate in multiple tuner support; Beyond TV cannot mix a hardware-encoding tuner device with a non hardware-encoding, non-hybrid, input in multiple tuner configurations. Read more about multiple tuner support.

Supported Tuner Devices:

Analog, With Hardware Encoding*:


* Other cards based on the "Conexant Blackbird", "Conexant Falcon II", "Conexant Butterfly", or "Windows Media Center" designs may work. Only devices listed above are officially supported.

** These devices work with the drivers located on the CD provided with the tuner device.

*** These cards have been tested in multi-tuner configurations.


Analog, Without Hardware Encoding:


* This device is only supported in MPEG-2 mode.

** Be sure to run HCWCLEAR and reboot before installing Hauppauge drivers to assure complete removal of other drivers that may interfere with a proper install. Run this only once before installing the drivers for any Hauppauge device(s) in the system.

*** These devices work with the drivers located on the CD provided with the tuner device.


Digital / HDTV:

  • ADSTech InstantHDTV PCI
  • ATI HDTV Wonder
  • ATI Theater 650 chipset based tuners (See also analog with hardware encoding list)
  • ATI TV Wonder 600 PCI (analog/digital hybrid)
  • ATI TV Wonder 600 PCI-E (analog/digital hybrid)
  • ATI TV Wonder 600 USB (analog/digital hybrid)
  • AverMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180
  • Dvico FusionHDTV5 Lite
  • Dvico FusionHDTV3 Gold
  • Dvico FusionHDTV5 Gold-T
  • Dvico FusionHDTV5 Gold Plus
  • Dvico FusionHDTV5 Gold USB
  • Dvico FusionHDTV5 Lite
  • Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold
  • Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold USB
  • Hauppauge HVR-950 (USB stick)
  • Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 (PCI analog/digital hybrid)
  • Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800 (PCI-E analog/digital hybrid)
  • KWorld ATSC-TV 310U USB (Notes / Limitations)
  • Kworld ATSC-110
  • VBox Cat's Eye DTA-151
  • VBox Cat's Eye USB-A 3560

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