diff --git a/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-cards.c b/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-cards.c
index e908649ea37cc738fc2611fb4cb14cbfe3a90ea0..bf9b32a6c1ad9ff417c3ea89c0ce9d8a3bea17f2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-cards.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-cards.c
@@ -875,6 +875,7 @@ static const struct ivtv_card_pci_info ivtv_pci_pg600v2[] = {
 static const struct ivtv_card ivtv_card_pg600v2 = {
 	.type = IVTV_CARD_PG600V2,
 	.name = "Yuan PG600-2, GotView PCI DVD Lite",
+	.comment = "only Composite and S-Video inputs are supported, not the tuner\n",
 	.v4l2_capabilities = IVTV_CAP_ENCODER,
 	.hw_video = IVTV_HW_CX25840,
 	.hw_audio = IVTV_HW_CX25840,
@@ -940,6 +941,7 @@ static const struct ivtv_card_pci_info ivtv_pci_avertv_mce116[] = {
 static const struct ivtv_card ivtv_card_avertv_mce116 = {
 	.type = IVTV_CARD_AVERTV_MCE116,
 	.name = "AVerTV MCE 116 Plus",
+	.comment = "only Composite and S-Video inputs are supported, not the tuner\n",
 	.v4l2_capabilities = IVTV_CAP_ENCODER,
 	.hw_video = IVTV_HW_CX25840,
 	.hw_audio = IVTV_HW_CX25840,
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-cards.h b/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-cards.h
index 9186fa2ee5fc01bff46a451df77569cbe593eba6..bfb385c56099d16979e86a5433937c3af5fa4114 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-cards.h
+++ b/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-cards.h
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ struct ivtv_card_tuner_i2c {
 struct ivtv_card {
 	int type;
 	char *name;
+	char *comment;
 	u32 v4l2_capabilities;
 	u32 hw_video;		/* hardware used to process video */
 	u32 hw_audio;		/* hardware used to process audio */
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-driver.c b/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-driver.c
index 06a1f3c4de4b08d0e46bc2dbc20c27a0a4970754..e6f319f7a1b9b7e9b0a5f0bc0ef33a5dd45e665e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-driver.c
@@ -1097,6 +1097,13 @@ static int __devinit ivtv_probe(struct pci_dev *dev,
 		   The PCI IDs are not always reliable. */
 		ivtv_process_eeprom(itv);
 	}
+	if (itv->card->comment)
+		IVTV_INFO("%s", itv->card->comment);
+	if (itv->card->v4l2_capabilities == 0) {
+		/* card was detected but is not supported */
+		retval = -ENODEV;
+		goto free_i2c;
+	}
 
 	if (itv->std == 0) {
 		itv->std = V4L2_STD_NTSC_M;