USB tv tuners: Tried one?

has anyone her had real world experience with USB tv
tuners in their laptops?

see link

http://www.tv-cards.com/index.php#358

Haven't used that device, but I have an ATI USB card. Does an OK job,
but drops a lot of frames when capturing full resolution (analog only).
Just viewing doesn't show any problems.

However, analog tv looks terrible on my laptop's display. I'm sure it
is the LCD and not the capture device, because I've sent captured files
to my desktop and they look fine. Since I bought the card to do a quick
quality check (instead of carrying a test set with me), I was very
disapointed. Make sure you can return if it doesn't meet your needs.

I have the FusionHD that you can see he
http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/eng/Products/HDTV5usb.aspx
It works fine with my laptop.

.....Fred


wrote:

has anyone her had real world experience with USB tv
tuners in their laptops?

see link

http://www.tv-cards.com/index.php#358

Fred Martin wrote:

I have the FusionHD that you can see he
http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/eng/Products/HDTV5usb.aspx
It works fine with my laptop.

....Fred

Very cool!!

You are happy with the unit?

And this works for HD off air programming in the USA,
right?

I bought a USB tuner from circuit city awhile back, and never could get
the audio and video to be in-synch.

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has anyone her had real world experience with USB tv
tuners in their laptops?

see link

http://www.tv-cards.com/index.php#358

I have a Vbox atsc usb tuner, It works real well. Using Beyond Tv Se for
viewing. I do not have a media center computer and I am using a silver
sensor Ant. picking up stations appox. 50 miles away with no pre amp.

"bordman" wrote in message
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I bought a USB tuner from circuit city awhile back, and never could get
the audio and video to be in-synch.

Same here. With a 3400+ 64 bit AMD chip, the PC should have been fast
enough, but I had the same sync problem, plus dropouts. Took it back and got
an Adaptec PCI card. Works like a charm. Unfortunately, that is not an
option for a laptop. There may be other USB tuners that work. Mine had next
to no parts in it, although at $99 it was not all that cheap. I bought it to
digitize Hi8 video tapes.

Tam

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"Tam/WB2TT" wrote:

Same here. With a 3400+ 64 bit AMD chip, the PC should have been fast
enough, but I had the same sync problem, plus dropouts. Took it back and
got
an Adaptec PCI card. Works like a charm. Unfortunately, that is not an
option for a laptop. There may be other USB tuners that work. Mine had
next
to no parts in it, although at $99 it was not all that cheap. I bought it
to
digitize Hi8 video tapes.

So you think even USB2 is too slow for TV usage?

and PCI is better yet?

I wish I could remember the brand of USB tuner I got, but it had about 1/8
the number of components that the Adaptec PCI card has. Since it has to
contain virtually a complete TV receiver, there is only so far you can go
with integrating it. USB itself should be fast enough, because some
camcorders connect via USB, though my Canon uses Firewire. I would try and
find user opinions on any USB box you are considering, and try to buy it
locally with the understanding that you can return it. I had no problem
returning it to CompUSA. It was not HD, just a plain NTSC with antenna,
SVideo and composite inputs.

Tam

wrote:

Fred Martin wrote:



I have the FusionHD that you can see he
http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/eng/Products/HDTV5usb.aspx
It works fine with my laptop.

....Fred



Very cool!!

You are happy with the unit?

And this works for HD off air programming in the USA,
right?



Yes, it works for off the air HDTV or analog tv. It has worked fine
for me with rabbit ears. It will also tune cable channels if connected
to tv cable. I have used it in 3 different cities with my laptop and I
am happy with it.

.....Fred

"Tam/WB2TT" wrote:

I wish I could remember the brand of USB tuner I got, but it had about 1/8
the number of components that the Adaptec PCI card has. Since it has to
contain virtually a complete TV receiver, there is only so far you can go
with integrating it.

Ahh...so its more the physical smallness of USB based
tuners that you feel is there downfall?

Not enough room for the components necessary to work
well? yes?