| CARD MODELS | Nexus | DEC3000S | TechnoTrend 1.5/1.6 * | VisionPlus 1020A | Nova | SkyStar 2.6B | SkyStar USB | Nova USB | Nova CI |
| TV OUT on card | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| Onboard MPEG Decoder | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| RCA Red/White/Yellow Outputs | YES | YES(w.adapter) | ONLY YELLOW(Video) and PC-type audio output | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| Dolby Digital Output | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| Micro-Plug(PC) Sound output | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| Heatsink | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | YES | NO | NO |
| Needs PC? | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| TSReader-compatibility(HDTV reception software) | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| Remote control | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | Optional | Optional | YES | YES |
| DiSEqC-compatible | YES | YES | YES | DiSEq 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 | YES | DiSEq 1.0, 1.1 | YES | YES | YES |
| PC requirements- Recommended (all require CD-ROM & audio card) | P3- 500GHz | P3- 500GHz | P3- 500GHz | P3- 1GHz | P3-600 | P3-900 | P3-900 | P3-600 | P3-600 |
| Recommended memory requirements | 128Mb | 128Mb | 128Mb | 128Mb | 64Mb | 64Mb | 64Mb | 64Mb | 64Mb |
| Video requirements (recommended) | 32Mb | 32Mb | 32Mb | 32Mb | 32Mb | 32Mb | 8Mb | 8Mb | 8Mb |
| C-Band and Ku reception | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| CI Module | CI optional | CI optional | CI optional | CI optional | Optional | NO | NO | NO | YES, included |
| Audio AC3 Dolby Surround Output | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |