DVB-T Cards

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DigitalNow tinyUSB 2 DVB-T Receiver


tinyUSB2Includes

Remote control

AntennaTiny antenna

Dear Customers, Samsung has phased out the tuner used in this product and consequently we are unable to supply this great product until such a time as we find a worthwhile replacement tuner. Please consider the TinyTwin in the meantime

Possibly the smallest USB2 DVB-T HDTV receiver (conventional tuner) available, and, in our view, the best overall HDTV USB2 tuner in the market.

Comes with BDA drivers and works with MCE 2005, WebScheduler and other BDA based applications.  Supports all Australian DVB-T formats including 1080iHDTV (MP&HL), SDTV and AC3 Audio. SPDIF pass through and more.

External colours may vary from that indicated -  Current colour shipped = as per picture

How small is small? - The tinyUSB device is the smallest conventional tuner USB2 device in the market, here is a picture comparing it to other competing devices, note that the two devices at the bottom are silicon tuner devices..

Please note:

The included small aerial may work in some areas an not in others. You must ensure that you have a suitable Digital TV antenna delivering a good quality and strong signal (80%+) for the device to operate correctly.

Featuring

  • Latest low power Cypress FX 2LP chipset
  • Third Party Mac drivers
  • Linux Drivers
  • BDA Drivers (compatible with MCE2005 etc.)
  • Small enough to carry in your shirt's pocket

Package Contents

  • tinyUSB DVB-T Receiver
  • Remote Control
  • Software Installation CD, now also including PowerDVD6
  • Portable antenna
  • USB extension cable

Specifications

Hardware
Tuner:
  • Input Terminal: 75 Ohm
  • Receiving Frequency: VHF 174 ~ 230 MHz
  • UHF 470 ~ 862 MHz
  • Input Signal Level: -78~-20dBm
  • Operation Temperature: 0oC ~ +65oC
  • Support MCPC and SCPC
CODFM & FEC:
  • Fully DVB-T Compliant
  • 2K or 8K FFT Size
  • Punctured Codes: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6 and 7/8
  • Bandwidth: 6/7/8 MHz Auto Select
USB Interface:
  • Universal Serial Bus 2.0 Standard
  • A Type USB Male Connector
Demutiplexing:
  • Engine: Software
  • Stream capture: PES & TS
Input Connections

1x Coax Antenna

Minimum System Requirements

Please note that certain motherboards particularly those using Via chipset are known to have difficulties in providing regular and sufficient power (5V, 0.5A) to the USB 2 port to support Digital TV tuners, in such cases customers are advised that they may need to use a separately powered USB2 hub to ensure that this device works properly.

DxVA based Video cards 1

PC with Pentium III 800Mhz (SD) or P4 1.6Ghz (HD)

128MB RAM

All DxVA Compatible Video cards1

Non-DxVA based Video cards

PC  with Pentium 4 1.6Ghz (SD) or P4 2.GHz (HD)

256MB RAM

Almost all recent VGAs

All systems

MB with fully compliant USB2 port.

16-Bit Sound Card

CD ROM – for installation

Windows XP with Service Pack 2

NTFS formatted HDD for greater than >4GB recordings

DirectX 9c

DVB-T Signal in your area (see note 3)

Decent VHF/UHF Antenna (see note 3)

Please note that if you are using Windows XP SP1, you may need to update your USB2 port by installing this hotfix from Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=822603

Included software

BDA Drivers

DNTV Live!

Webscheduler

HIP

Note 1: The specifications above apply to one tuner, a minimum of 2GHz CPU is required for 2 tuner PiP (Picture in Picture).

When using DNTV Live! with 4 tuners all recording, a minimum of 2.4GHz CPU and 7200rpm HDD is required.

Note 2: Many modern Video Cards support DXVA (DirectX Video Acceleration). This helps reducing the load on your CPU and assists in  decoding the Digital TV stream – this is especially useful for HD.

Note 3: Digital TV isn’t a fix for people who suffer from poor analogue reception – on an Analogue system the picture deteriorates to  the point where it becomes unwatchable. With Digital – it either is perfect or it doesn’t work/unwatchable. If you currently have good analogue reception you should be fine – but be prepared to upgrade your antenna system with Quad Shielded cabling and a decent antenna if you haven't done so already

Not all Digital TV Stations may be broadcasting in your area – please visit the regularly updated DBA Broadcasting website to find out: http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?sectionID=22

Third Party MAC drivers for this device are available for download from here. Support for Intel-Mac, coming soon

Look here for Linux support

Click here for the DNTV Live! Software online manual