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UncleUB

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TV Tuners
« on: April 19, 2008, 05:31:35 PM »
Hi all,I have just been wondering about USB TV tuners,do they need to be connected to an external ariel or do you just have a small desk top ariel that plugs into the USB stick.And if any one uses them,are they any good.
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Re: TV Tuners
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2008, 06:39:23 PM »
I've got a Hauppauge Nova-T USB stick. It came with a small rod aerial, but it's useless here. With a proper aerial plugged in it's fine.

Of course, this is digital TV (Freeview) which is very dependent on a good aerial signal. The little rod aerial would probably be OK in a strong signal area.
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Re: TV Tuners
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2008, 01:27:14 AM »
Yesterday I got a "Digital TV DVD-T USB Stick" price £20.00
(Actually I got it for a friend and just playing with it as I type this)

(some stolen text to save re-typing, just in-case it looks familiar)  :lol:

It came with a small rod aerial, but it's useless.
(possibly because of double glazing)

The little rod aerial would probably be OK in a strong signal area.
( I have the same problem when indoors with my SatNav and weak signals )

So I plugged my normal aerial into it and got 60 channels straight of.
( It came with a aerial converter, a USB extension cable and a remote control )

Other than that so far it seems quite good, but only time will tell when used away from home.
« Last Edit: April 20, 2008, 01:29:43 AM by oldfogy »
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Re: TV Tuners
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2008, 11:38:45 AM »
I've never found any area where the rod antenna is capable of working* with Freeview. I don't believe there are currently any areas where the rod antenna will work other than within a couple of miles of the transmitter, and even then probably not inside a building.

When analogue is turned off and the DVB-T transmission strength is increased the rod antenna might be useful for Freeview but for now its only useful for analogue TV, always assuming you have a TV card/stick which does analogue and digital.

*you sometimes get a couple of channels on one of the mux which use 16QAM if you're lucky, but even then its prone to audio/video breakup.
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