FREE: pcHDTV™ HD3000 Tuner Card

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This is an unopened card in its original box from 2006.

Manufacturer Description:
The pcHDTV™ HD-3000 Hi Definition Television Card is the most popular and best supported next generation digital television card available and is specially designed for the Linux OS. ...

The HD-3000 Hi Definition Television PCI Card is an universal PCI 2.2 compliant card. The card receives NTSC, ATSC and Cable/QAM Signals and converts them to digital streams which are transported across the PCI bus. Display and MPEG2 decoding are done on the host computer in software and displayed on the computers monitor. The pcHDTV Hi Definition PCI card is based on Oren Semiconductor's ATSC receiver chip and Conexant's CX23883 NTSC receiver chip providing excellent HD and SD reception.

Key Features:

Cost effective ATSC/NTSC TV reception card
Open source drivers and player
All-software HDTV decoder
Supports all 18 ATSC compliant digital formats
Supports unencrypted QAM 64 and QAM 256 Cable signals
Digital Video Recording, Time Shifting and Playback

Input/output:
One RF TV antenna coaxal reception port
One SVIDEO input port
One composite video and sound port
One stereo connection jack to sound card for analog TV System

Requirements:
Intel Pentium 1200Mhz or higher
Linux Kernel 2.4.26+ (2.6.12+ highly recommended)
Sound card.
256 MB RAM or higher
CD ROM Drive
Windows drivers are include for those wishing to experiment with the card in Microsoft Windows.

Card Specifications:
2, 4, 8 and 16-VSB capable hardware, Currently only 8-VSB is supported.
19.4Mbps 8-VSB (ATSC) transfer rate