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Gag Gifts, Occasion Gifts - Sabrent TV-USB20 USB 2.0 TV Tuner/Video Capture Box with Remote Control
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List Price: $39.99
Our Price: $32.56
Your Save: $ 7.43 ( 19% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: SABRENT
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Sabrent
EAN: 0188218000002
Feature: Connect via USB 2.0 to receive TV and capture video on computer
Label: SABRENT
Manufacturer: SABRENT
Model: TV-USB20
Publisher: SABRENT
Studio: SABRENT
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Features
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Connect via USB 2.0 to receive TV and capture video on computer
Television captured at 704x480 (NTSC) resolutions and can be stored in MPEG-1, MPEG-2, or MPEG-4 format
Audio captured in stereo at 16 bits with either 24 KHz or 48 KHz sampling rate
Support for personal video recorder (PVR) functions such as time-shifting and pausing live TV
Remote control included: no need to get off couch to change channel
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Editorial Reviews:
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USB2.0 TV Box is TV receiving and video capturing device designed for Notebook and PCs. It is an external TV/video receiving box with the smart and fashion designed outside and powerful function inside. It can make your computer a mobile TV station and enable you to enjoy wonderful TV programs anytime and anywhere.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: It's ... OK ...
Comment: I used this a lot on my XP based DELL Inspiron 640m laptop. I was able to record sound and video of old VHS-C tapes, convert them to video files, and upload them to Google Video. The quality was not fantastic, but neither was that of the original source tapes that were twenty years old.
Now I have a Vista based DELL Vostro 200 (desktop) and I can get the video and take screen shots and such, but no matter what I do--NO AUDIO! Very unhappy. I'll update this review if I can get it to work, with details on how.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Tuner, but you gotta work out the kinks
Comment: I'm an IT guy and it took me a while to install, but here's what I finally figured out.
1) Upgrade your motherboard, chipset and bios to USB 2.0. My computer kept hanging on boot since I'm installing the TV tuner on an old PC, but the blue screen error and hang I kept getting were because the PC components didn't know how to talk usb 2.0 which is the latest version of USB. I went to [...] for my PC upgrades and downloaded the latest versions.
2) Ensure your boot order doesn't have USB device prioritized before primary hard drive. My pc thought I was trying to boot this TV input device as a hard drive so I had to force it to bypass USB and make USB as secondary boot up device.
Product Review: Overall I think this is a good device FOR THE MONEY. Picture quality is so-so, but I don't care about the quality yet cause I'm new to the whole DVR thing. Hope this helps.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Product, Easy Install.....
Comment: This is an excellent product and very easy to install AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS!!! If you try to shortcut the instructions, it wont work. Other then that, it is very good quality tuner, with excellent recording quaility. It is a bit slow on response using a Digital Cable Box Guide. Overall, I give this product 5 stars for ease of use, and quaility for the money.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not the best TV tunner I have had but not the worst either.
Comment: Pros: The software for watching TV is very easy to set up and use. The video capture and screen shot features are very good quality. The DVR function is a nice addition to the software.
Cons: WARNING, DO NOT use the install software to set up the device driver, It crashed my system and corrupted my CD rom and onboard sound card drivers, I had to do a re-install of windows to fix it. Just plug in the USB and let the windows found new hardware wizard search the CD for a driver. Also the sound is very quiet coming from the USB connection, It works better to plug speakers into the audio output on the unit. And I have an issue with low frame rate and the video ( but not audio ) skipping while playing in full screen mode and my system is top of the line.
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Summary: Worked with 1 computer I tried it on, not with one with Vista
Comment: You might want to refer to my discussion on this product.
This tvbox worked with my XP system, but not with my Vista laptop. I think -I'm no expert though, it has something to do with the HDaudio driver not being WDMcompatible.
The support hasn't helped me at all so far. Very generic replies and they haven't replied to my latest support request.
If you want a tv tuner to work with vista media center I recommend you look for one compatible at microsoft marketplace. This one is definetely not compatible.
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