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.

Descriptions:
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. With single TV tuner, you’re limited to watch one channel at one time only. While with dual tuner, you can watch two channels or you can watch one channel and record another channel without interference. Even more if you want to make full use of the recording capability of the two tuners, you may 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 TBS 5280 in the same time. You won’t miss a thing! This feature contribute a lot especially when you are building up HTPC or IPTV streaming server.
By using appropriate software, e.g. MediaPortal and its’ plugins, you may stream terrestrial and cable TV contents to your iPhone, iPad or iPod.

Main Features:
Watch Digital TV & listen to Radio on PC
DVB-T2/T SD or HD TV Receiving
Real Time and Scheduled Program Recording(PVR)
Time Shifting to Pause Live TV
Dual Tuner for Recording Two Different Channels/Multiplexes

Specifications:
Receiving Channel: VHF Band and UHF Band
Channel Bandwidth: 6, 7, 8 MHz
DVB-T2/ T Modulation Type: QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM
FFT Mode: 1K, 2K, 4K, 8K, 16K, 32K
Code Rate: 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 7/8
Guard Interval:1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/64, 1/128, 19/128, 19/256
Intermediate Frequency
IF mode: Low IF
Center IF Frequency: 3 ~ 5 MHz
Note: default 4MHz
RF-Input Impedance 75Ω (IEC-DIN female)
RF-Output Impedance 75Ω (IEC-DIN male)

TV Box Weight: TV Box Size: 103x88x22mm (Length x Width x Height)
Package Gift Box Size: 210x175x55mm (Length x Width x Height)

System Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 or Linux
DirectX9.0 or later Version
Available USB Port
Dualcore CPU
1GB RAM or Above
Graphic Card with at Least 64MB RAM

Package Content:
1 x TBS5280 USB DVB-T2/T Dual Tuner TV Box
1 x remote control
1 x Power Adapter
1 x Mini Aerial
1 x USB Cable
1 x Software CD