TBS technology has released some new TV Tuner Cards,it’s the first time of TBS Technology to releasing so many new cards.It might be a great news for TBS card fans. Now let us to first look at the new cards,they’re dvb-s2,dvb-t2 and dvb-c TV cards:TBS 6991,TBS6618,TBS5280,TBS5680 and TBS 5880.
TBS6991 DVB-S2 Dual Tuner Dual CI PCIe Card
TBS 6991 is a Twin Tuner digital satellite TV card with dual common interface for watching and recording digital satellite PayTV on PC. You may use one tuner to watch one TV channel while using another tuner to record/watch another channel from another transponder/ satellite simultaneously. It can be either used for watching Free to Air TV or satellite Pay TV since it’s integrated with two CI slots(By inserting the correct CAM and subscription smartcard into the CI slot, encrypted pay tv will be available).
This device is provided with both Windows BDA driver and Linux driver up to the latest kernel. The unique TBS MCE tool makes it possible to read CAM/Smartcard on Windows7 Media Center, thus your satellite subscription TV can be watched/recorded on Windows7 Media Center. On Linux platform, you can also watch PayTV by using relative software on Linux. TBS6991 is compatible with Windows7 Media Center, MediaPortal, DVBlink, DVBDream, DVBViewer, ProgDVB, Skynet, TSreader, XBMC,MythTV,VDR and many other popular softwares.
TBS6618 DVB-C TV Tuner CI PCIe Card
TBS 6618 PCIe DVB-C TV Tuner CI Card, built with Common Interface which allows insertion of CAM and smartcard for pay TV, is a good choice for watching/recording digital cable HD TV on PC.
TBS5280 USB DVB-T2/T Dual Tuner TV Box
TBS 5280 is an USB interface digital terrestrial TV box with two tuners for watching and recording Freeview SD or HD channels on PC. The two tuners enable you to watch TV channel on one multiplex while recording another channel on another multiplex simultaneously. It’s ready with Windows BDA driver and Linux driver up to the latest kernel(Tested on Ubuntu, Fedora, Opensuse and many other Linux distributions). It’s compatible with Windows7 Media Center, MediaPortal, DVBlink, DVBDream, DVBViewer, ProgDVB, Skynet, TSreader, XBMC,MythTV, VDR and many other popular DVB softwares.
Nowadays, more and more countries adapted DVB-T2 as standard for broadcasting digital terrestrial TV contents due to its better bandwidth comparing to DVB-T. Especially in the UK, Freeview SD channels are broadcasted through DVB-T but Freeview HD channels like BBC HD, BBC One HD, ITV 1 HD and Channel 4 HD are broadcasted through DVB-T2. Sweden, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Czech, Italy, South Africa and New Zealand are already broadcasting DVB-T2 channels or have DVB-T2 on trial. TBS 5280 DVB-T2/T Twin Tuner external TV Box is the first USB interface TV box with two independent DVB-T2 Tuners in the world.
TBS5680 DVB-C TV Tuner CI USB
TBS 5680 is a digital cable TV Tuner external box with USB connection for watching and recording digital cable TV on PC. With integrated CI slot, it can be used for watching clear/unecrypted or encrypted Pay TV(By inserting the correct CAM and subscription smartcard into the CI slot, encrypted pay TV will be available). Windows BDA driver are provided and Linux driver will be released in the near future. The unique TBS MCE tool makes it possible to read CAM/Smartcard on Windows7 Media Center, thus your subscription cable TV can be watched/recorded on Windows7 Media Center
TBS5880 USB DVB-T2/T/C CI TV Box
TBS 5880 is a hybrid digital TV external box with both DVB-T2/T tuner and DVB-C tuner. You can use it for watching or recording digital terrestrial or cable TV on PC. The integrated CI support makes it possible to watch Pay TV(By inserting the correct CAM and subscription smartcard into the CI slot, premium channels will be available). The manufacturer provides both Windows BDA driver and Linux driver up to the latest kernel. The unique TBS MCE tool makes it easy to read CAM/Smartcard on Windows7 Media Center, thus your subscription TV can be watched/recorded on Windows7 Media Center. On Linux platform, you can also watch payTV with correct software. TBS5880 is compatible with Windows7 Media Center, MediaPortal, DVBlink, DVBDream, DVBViewer, ProgDVB, Skynet, TSreader, XBMC,MythTV,VDR and many other popular softwares.