Customer Reviews

ADS Tech Mini Tv USB (PC)

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The device was easy to hook up, and after some tweaking the tv signal came through great on the computer. After I had recorded what I wanted to I edited the commercials out, I feel it has issues as when I came back later all that I edited, and saved, was reset. This seems to be a reocurring theme.

Acually making a dvd from what you recorded off the tv is really lacking. You are not able to customize the dvd menu and you have no say in labeling the seperate shows you want to put on the dvd. Also the software has a thumbnail option from each show recorded that I though was to be on the dvd menu. It is not. Another problem with this is it seems to work only with the computer that has the original software on it. It does not work well on my dvd player or at all on my other two dvd capable computers.

If the dvd's you record actually ends up working, then I would recommend this product to those who do not care too much about how their dvd is formatted, as it is very amature. Beyond that this device is only good for watching tv on your computer monitor.

Unless your computer is fairly 'virgin' with only simple codec needs and no other video software ... it won't work without a LOT of tweaking.
Buy something better.
Not even XP approved, forget Vista.

Bought this item in Feb, within 6 weeks there was a weird sound then a couple of little protrusion as though something got hot within the unit,it no longer worked. Would not buy again. Also,it didn't fit properly into the usb port & cable connection to begin with. It repeatedly came apart unless braced just so.

For the price, you can't go wrong.

The video quality is great.

I have transfer some shows from my PVR and convert them into DVDs and the quality was the same as the original.

A simple way to bring cable TV to your desktop or laptop.

When I tried to install the software for this product that was included on a CD, it did not work. After quite some time of trying to figure out what was wrong, I noticed the CD said "copyright 2006." The MediaTV application on this disk was not compatible with Vista because it could not recognize Windows Media Player 11, which is built into Vista and cannot be downgraded without downgrading to XP. So all I need to do to fix this problem is download the updated software from the manufacturer's website, right? Wrong. I went to ADS Tech's website, and it was down. I had to wait a week for them to get it back up so I could download the current software and get the TV tuner working. It works fine now, but the outdated software CD and the weeklong website outage were a huge hassle.

never really got this working right, or perhaps it worked as best it could. TV reception lousy, even over cable hooked directly to the device. Over the air stations impossible.

The guide and all the rest of the features are fine, I guess, but never had much of a chance or need to explore them since the reception was so terrible.

This product has no Windows 7 support and there are no publicized plans for releasing Win 7 drivers.

I purchased this so I could watch TV in my dorm room because it would be much cheaper than a TV. The main point is that it works, but there are several drawbacks.

First, installing the software was a long painful process that required me to go online and download files from obscure locations.

Second, the quality is not very good. The picture is very grainy and the sound comes along with a high pitch ring that drives me insane.

Like I said before, it works and that is what I bought it to do, so I guess I got my moneys worth.

While doadloading the software a pop-up said "that the device has not passed XP logo testing and could cause problems if I proceded any further." If I could remedy this problem, it will fine by me.