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'''DVBViewer''' is proprietary, commercial software for viewing & recording of [[Digital Video Broadcasting|DVB]] TV & Radio using a [[TV tuner card]] or box and a Media Center for viewing Music, Video and Pictures. Among its other features are an [[Electronic Program Guide]] (EPG), [[remote control]] support, [[on-screen display]], [[teletext]], [[time shifting]] and [[picture-in-picture]]. Besides the support for [[Broadcast Driver Architecture|BDA]] adapters, there is also the ability to use the [[Hauppauge MediaMVP]] with DVBViewer. The software also allows [[Unicable (technology)|Unicable]], [[DiSEqC]] and usage of [[Common Interface|CI]]-Modules with most adapters. The worldwide charge for the application is 15 [[euro]] or 22 US Dollars. Additional functions such as video on demand, TV series and movie management, home network distribution of TV to network devices including iPod Touch, iPhone & iPad & Android devices (with additional remote control features), and a recording service with web interface are provided by free plugins. A plug-in offering [[MHEG-5]] and [[Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV|HbbTV]] support is available for a license fee of 12 euros.

DVBViewer was the first windows application with [[HDTV]] support, right after the [[Euro 1080]] started its transmission via satellite.<ref>{{cite web

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}}</ref> It also was one of the first alternative applications supporting the [[DVB-S2]] broadcast standard and being compatible to most tuner cards supporting this standard using [[Broadcast Driver Architecture|BDA]], a standardized driver interface for digital video capture developed by Microsoft. Therefore, it presented itself as a valuable replacement for the manufacturers bundled software, often only providing fundamental functionality.<ref name=Foot01>Jörg Knitter, ''Scharfe Sache – HDTV am PC'', PC Magazin, 10/2006, p. 60.</ref>

The current version allows the use of [[Sat-IP|Sat>IP]] on the client- and also on the server side.