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'''TBS6905''' is a PCI Express interface digital '''satellite TV Tuner card with four tuners''' for watching and recording FTA (Free to Air) satellite TV on PC. The four tuners allow you to watch TV channel from one transponder/satellite while recording three other channels from different transponders/satellites in the same time. TBS team has developed both Windows BDA driver and Linux driver up to the latest kernel for this quad tuner card Tested on. It’s compatible with Windows 7 Media Center and popular software like MediaPortal, DVBlink, DVBDream, DVBViewer, ProgDVB, Skynet, TSreader, XBMC, MythTV. 

TBS6905 PCI-E DVB-S2 Four Tuner TV card is designed to fulfill the needs of watching/recording multiple satellite TV channels on PC simultaneously. It’s the successor of TBS6985. With Single tuner TV card, you’re limited to watch or record one satellite TV channel at one time only.

While with this TBS6905 quad tuner TV card, you can watch one channel and record three other channels at the same time.Even more if you want to make full use of the recording power of TBS6905, you may record four whole TS (Transponder Stream), one of which could contains maximum ten, twelve SD or HD TV channels into your PC hard disk, in other words, you will be able to record up to 48 channels with TBS6905 in the same time. This feature contributes a lot especially when you are building up HTPC or IPTV streaming server.

You can use TBS6905 Quad Tuner PCIe Card to watch any free to air satellite TV programs in your region including Freesat HD if you are located in the UK. By using appropriate software, e.g. MediaPortal and its’ plugins, you can stream satellite TV contents to your iPhone, iPad or iPod.
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'''Main Features:'''
* Quad tuner DVB-S2/S transponders receiving
* Multi Input Stream support
* Generic stream mode Support
* Up to 190 Mbit/s channel bit rate capture
* Wide range symbol rates support from 1Msps to 45Msps
* High-speed data download via satellite
* Unicable/one cable compatible
* Blindscan
* High reliability

'''Applications:'''
* HTPC
* IPTV streaming server

'''Specifications:'''
Receiving frequency: 950~2150 MHz tuning range
Input level: -69~-23dBm
Quad channels DVB-S2/DVB-S 8PSK QPSK 16APSK 32APSK Demodulator

'''Symbol rate:'''
-Maximum symbol DVB-S2 rate limitations (Msymb/s)
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Msymb/s ||  Demod  ||  LDPC  || Single || Dual
|-
| QPSK || 67.5 ||  135  || 67.5 || 67.5
|-
| 8PSK || 67.5 || 90 || 67.5 || 45
|-
| 16PSK || 67.5 || 67.5 || 67.5 || 33.7
|-
| 32PSK || 67.5 || 54 || 54 || 27
|}


'''-DVB-S'''
* QPSK+1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8
* Support Data Burst & Tone Burst
* Support DiSEqC2.X and Motor
* Standard profile TV card size: 145*92.3mm (length x height)
* Power consumption: 0.66W ~ 33.13W
* Operating temperature: -10°C ~ 70°C

'''System Requirements:'''
* Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 or Linux
* DirectX9.0 or later version
* Available PCI Express x1, x4, x8 or x16 slot
* Satellite dish and LNB

'''For DVB-S:'''
* 1GHz CPU or above
* 256MB RAM or above
* Graphic card with at least 16MB RAM

'''For DVB-S2 HDTV:'''
* Dualcore CPU
* 1GB RAM or above
* Graphic card with at least 64MB RAM

===External Links===

* [http://www.tbsdtv.com/products/tbs6905-dvb-s2-quad-tuner-pcie-card.html TBS6905 product page]
* [http://www.tbsdtv.com/forum/index.php TBS Technologies Support forum]
* [http://www.buydvb.net/tbs6905-dvbs2-quad-tuner-pcie-card-p-119.html Where to Buy]