Customer Reviews

KWorld PlusTV High Definition USB TV Box ATSC QAM USB PC TV Tuner NTSC HDTV

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I bought this unit to get an ATSC tuner cheap and to be able to record shows. Well, it kind of works, but nothing is great. The remote control is terrible. Its credit card sized and gets lost real easy. It also doesn't control much. The television guide is generic and comes from (...). You have to sign in and scroll on the internet with your mouse which is a nuisance to me because it should work with the remote, but it doesn't. You can't even click on a show and go to it. The remote control has to be directly in front of the box to work, also. This unit is cheap and you get what you pay for. I thought it would pause and rewind live TV, but it won't for me. There are so much better products than this out there so pay a little more and be much happier.

The advertisement indicated it worked with Vista Media Center. It did not -- it would not be recognized as even connected to the computer. No mention of Media Center in setup manual. Support responded with only a "canned" response that did not even acknowledge my specific setup problem with Vista Media Center but provided a duplicate of the setup manual. I returned the product for a full refund. I am grateful that AMAZON provides for customer satisfaction

I bought this several months ago, just as an inexpensive way to find out about the local digital channels. It was able to allow me to see the local digital channels through my computer. Now that we have a large HDTV with a built in digital tuner, I am able to watch mostly on the new HDTV, but this device comes in handy when I want to record shows coming over a digital channels.Atsc Qam USB Pc Tv Tuner Ntsc HDtv

I followed everything to the letter. It picked up 2 analog stations, but all the digital stations in this city did not scan in. I tried a generic PCI card before this with the same results. But, I bought a DVICO PCI card, and a DVICO USB stick, a Haupaugge DVR (USB) and a Silicon Dust net tuner and all picked them up. I learned if you buy a ATSC tuner for under 80 bucks, it won't even pick up the channels. If you want an attractive plastic box that DOES do a good job, try a Haupaugge DVR. I am thinking that this box may work, but my city uses a standard that is not "ATSC 8VSB". Or something to that effect. You would think a PC TV Tuner is simple enough that is can be inexpensive and work! The ones that work for me are hundreds of dollars.

this device is okay, its decent for what it does, and on a PC that can handle it this device will get HD, make no mistake if your PC cant handle HD this device will tell you it cannot do HD and wont allow you to tune in anything that is HD, but it will find the channels, also please be advised this tuner works with windows 7 media center as long as its own drivers(which are vista drivers) are installed, but if you are using rabbit ears it is best not to actually scan for channels just flip through and see if it gets it, many channels with a lower signal will get deleted if you scan for channels, thus you wont be able to adjust your rabbit ears to get a better signal,

please note: the below may not be true if you use windows 7 media center, but the included software isnt compliant with comcast so if you have alternative TV tuner software that works with this tuner I suggest you try it, this tuner works just fine with windows 7 media center, although I have yet to be able to try this with windows 7 media center and comcast, but others who have used the arcsoft total media say clearly that it blocks out alot of channels that windows 7 and vista media center do not

so, it seems its a decent tuner with bad tv tuner software

The tuner is a hybrid tuner, not a dual tuner, meaning that you cannot use analog (NTSC) and digital (ATSC QAM) at the same time. The included viewing software (TotalMedia) will scan and find the analog channels, but will then choke on the digital tuning, saying that the digital tuner is in use by another program. Thus, the HD feature of this product is useless. I have tried other software with this tuner but have not had any success getting any HD. My cable company sends HD channels in 256QAM; my digital TV tunes those channels in with no problem. If you just want to pick up standard definition NTSC channels (the ones with no period and no minor channel, e.g. 13 but not one such as 14.3) at a cheap price, then this is the tuner for you.

Tried two different cable system in NYC [RCN & TWC] it did not work, if the channell had any motion in it... it would not tune in at all -- it works ok as an ATSC tuner but thats not why you are buying it for...

Stay far away from this POS.... which I would give big fat ZERO stars

Simply Amazing! I was able to pick up alot of channel i coun't even with my television, but this baby lock. It comes with S video and audio and video plug can use to connect your console system to your pc ! it use usb not adapter that easily portable with your laptop!