I have a DTV winfast 1000s but this one is gold with the new PCI graphics card and the few available port on the motherboards that difficult to be able to put one more card I opted for this usb malgres the reviews I've read I am in windows 8.1 and I had no trouble installing a connect and driver install is recognized immediately and windows media center recognized me I have all the strings as it is plugged into the external antenna special feature it very very little heat if not almost not at all