TV Card Comparison

This article is a stub and requires expansion

The purpose of this page is to summarize the currently supported / tested TV cards. This is intended to allow a quick comparison for those who are not necessarily familiar with all the available models.

Please get involved and update as appropriate!

Model	Make / Manufacturer	Connection Type	DVB-S	DVB-S2	DVB-T	DVB-C	Analog	Composite	710	810	MythTV	VDR
WinTV Nova-SE2	Hauppauge	PCI	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Unknown	Supported	Yes	Unknown
WinTV Nova-HD-S2	Hauppauge	PCI	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Working	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
WinTV PVR-150 MCE	Hauppauge	PCI	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Supported	Supported	Yes, OOB, choose MPEG2 encoder. Also UPNP under Sarah setup	Unknown
WinTV PVR-250	Hauppauge	PCI	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Pinnacle PCTV 310i	Pinnacle	PCI	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Working	Working	Unknown	Working
KWorld U399	KWorld	USB	No	No	Yes x2	No	No	No	Working	In development	Yes	Core: Yes MD: Not yet
FusionHDTV7 Dual Express	DViCO	PCI Express x1	No	No	No (2x ATSC)	No	Yes NTSC	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
TT-Budget/WinTV-NOVA-CI	TechnoTrend	PCI	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Supported	Supported	Unknown	Supported
Silicondust HDHomeRun	Silicondust	Device	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	No	Unknown	Supported	Supported	Yes	Unknown
Technisat SkyStar2	Technisat	PCI	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Supported	Supported	Unknown	Supported

Statuses:

Status	Meaning
Unknown	The status of this card with this version is not known to whoever added this card. If you know otherwise, PLEASE UPDATE!
Unsupported	No work has yet been done integrating on this version
Working	Works with this version, but requires manual configuration / driver updates etc.
In development	As Working, but development work is in progress to add this card and make it PNP
Supported	Works "Out of the box" so a good choice for newbies :-)