Ok, so a while back I got a StarTech.com COMP2VGATV2 - TV tuner / video input adapter.
I LOVE IT! I put it in our home office and then connected it to the satellite and now with the touch of a button our 21" flat screen monitor on the far desk that no one uses goes from being a computer monitor to a 21" LCD tv. Its GREAT! And best of all it was a discontinued monitor from work that works fine that I signed out for free. So I got a very cheap (especially at prices a couple years ago) tv and monitor.
What I REALLY love about it is that you DO NOT need a PC for it to work. It is completely seperate from the PC if there is even one around at all. So you could hang a monitor on the wall and hook this small box to it and boom you have a tv
http://reviews.cnet.com/tv-tuner-adapte ... 38881.html
http://www.radioshack.com/pwr/product-r ... itors.html
http://www.startech.com/Share/ProductSp ... 2.pdf?c=US
Here it is (yeah I know, I need to tie cables up and make it look nicer etc. lol but it is just over on the server rack where no one sits.) Not sure what happened with the picture quality. It looked great when I was taking the picture so I guess the cell phone camera can not handle LCD vid or sumptin...
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NOW today I have been wondering about a portable tv tuner that I could take to work, use on my laptop, or anywhere there is a PC and monitor to see and or record digital or analog broadcast television.
Here is one I have been looking at
It is USB so I should be able to use it on about any PC... Its also pretty cheap which is a plus with me Does anyone else have something like this that is USB and if so what is it and what do you think of it?
External USB Dual ATSC Digital HDTV & Analog TV & Clear QAM Tuner Stick / Personal Video Recorder with Remote Control and Antenna For Windows Xp, Vista
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Technical Details
Watch High Definition ATCS TV with USB2.0 User Friendly Interface for PC or Laptot
Compatible with both digital / Clear QAM and analog television signals
Turn your PC Into a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) With The USB TV Tuner Supports Up To 1920x1080i (HDTV)
Includes Personal Video Recorder software for scheduled recording of programs and remote control
Supports Dolby Digital AC3 Audio Output. -- Rewind and fast forward live TV shows with Always Time Shifting recordring ------------ NOT FOR WINDOWS 7 --------------
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ASIN: B00315B1OU
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Date first available at Amazon.com: December 17, 2009
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Product Description
Product Description
Compact design includes remote control, antenna and cable TV adapter
Watch free to air ATSC HDTV / World Wide Analog TV on PC
Time-Shifting recording allows for rewinding and fast-forwarding of live TV shows
Support HDTV
Automatic station search
Digital Personal Video Recording
Schedule TV recording and save directly to your PCs hard drive
Support US TV signals NTSC, ATSC
TV Program Record
Schedule record
Screen Capture
Specifications
Interface: USB2.0
TV Tuner: 75Ohm (UHF/VHF) TV Antenna
Analog TV Frequency: 55.25~855.25 MHz(NTSC)
Digital TV Frequency: Terrestrial digital channels (ATSC)
video: 8 bits Vestigial Side-Band Demodulation (8VSB)
Audio Dolby Digital AC3 audio output
ATSC Digital TV: ATCS digital recording will typically consume from 1 to 5Gb of disk space per hour, depending upon the tv broadcasters ATSC format.
Analog TV: Analog TV recording will typically consume 1.5Gb of disk space per hour
installation Instructions
1) Close all firewalls including windows firewall / Norton / Mcafee Etc.
2) Place installation CD in computer
3)Plug in dongle in USB port.
4) when prompted to install program press OK.
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