Hot!Dual Tuner PCIe TV Tuner Watch Satellite TV Channels

TBS6982 is the successor of the TBS6981, which is a PCI Express interface digital satellite TV Tuner card for watching and recording Free to Air satellite TV on desktop PC. With two tuners, the TBS6982 enables you to watch TV channel from one transponder/satellite while recording another channel from another transponder/ satellite at the same time. It's ready with Windows BDA driver and Linux driver up to the latest kernel (Tested on Ubuntu, Fedora, Opensuse and other Linux distributions). It's compatible with many popular applications such as Windows7 Media Center, MediaPortal, DVBlink, DVBDream, DVBViewer, ProgDVB, Skynet, TSreader, XBMC, MythTV,VDRs and more.

TBS6982 PCI-E DVB-S2 Twin Tuner TV card is designed to fulfill the needs of watching/recording multiple satellite TV channels on PC simultaneously. With Single tuner TV card, you're limited to watch one channel at one time only. While with this dual tuner TV card, you can watch two channels or watch one channel and record another channel without interference. In order to make full use of the recording capability of the TBS6982, you can record two whole TS (Transponder Stream), one of which could contains maximum ten, twelve SD or HD TV channels into your PC hard disk. Which means you will be able to record up to 24 channels with TBS6982 at the same time. This feature contribute a lot especially when you are building up HTPC or IPTV streaming server.(There are thousands of TBS6981 cards running in different IPTV servers on 24/7 none stop working base worldwide which is a solid proof for the reliability of this device.)

You can use it 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.

Main Features:
Watch satellite TV & listen to radio on PC
DVB-S2/DVB-S SD or HD TV receiving
Real time and scheduled program recording (PVR)
Dual tuner for recording two different channels/transponders
Time shifting to pause live TV
Unicable/one cable compatible

Specifications:
Receiving frequency: 950~2150 MHz tuning range
Input level: -69~-23dBm
2x advanced DVB-S2/DVB-S 8PSK QPSK 16APSK 32APSK demodulator
Symbol rate:
DVB-S QPSK 1~45Msps
DVB-S2 QPSK/8PSK 1~45Msps
Automatic acquisition range: ±10MHz
Automatic pilot detection
8PSK puncture codes: 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10
QPSK puncture codes: 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10
Support data burst & tone burst
Support DiSEqC2.X and motor
Low profile TV card size: 120x68.6mm (length x height)
TV card weight: 85g
Power consumption: 10.8 – 19.2 W

System Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 /8 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

Package Contents:
1 x TBS6982 PCI-E DVB-S2 TV tuner card
1 x remote control
1 x IR receiver
1x Power cable (The power cable is not necessary to be plugged in most cases)
1 x Software CD
1x Low profile bracket

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