Sabrent TV-ATSC Dual ATSC & Digital HDTV and Analog TV Tuner / Video Capture PCI Card with Remote Control Vista Ready

by Sabrent

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6.1 x 1.8 inches ; 5.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000VKOMH6
• Item model number: TV-ATSC
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,989 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2004

Product Description

This Digital HDTV TV TUNER allows you to use your computer as a TV and digital multimedia center. Enjoy free air HDTV / Analogue TV (cable or air) entertainment whenever you like from your computer. Features : Watch Free to air HDTV / World Wilde Analogue TV on your PC, instantly playback or fast-forward live programs at any time you like. Digital Personal Video Recording You can record your digital / Analogue TV programs into your hard disk, and play them back in full original digital quality! Time-shifting When you are not available, you can use time-shifting to pause the live TV, never lose the best plays you want to watch! Remote control With the bundled remote control, you can control everything including channel up and down, volume up and down, recording, playing and Time-shifting. Specifications : Advanced TV Application Analog + Digital (HDTV) NTSC / ATSC HDTV in US, Supports 8VSB free channels Schedule Recording / Instant Record Stereo MTS / NICAM / A2 Watch free to air ATSC HDTV / World Wilde Analogue TV on PC Support HDTV receiving Automatic station searching Create favorite stations for convenient listening Digital Personal Video Recording Schedule TV recording and save directly to your PC’s hard drive Support US TV signals NTSC, ATSC TV Program Record Schedule record HDTV Ready Full Screen Display Screen Capture Multi-languages select per channel Time-shifting Digital Teletext TV program Subtitle supported Signal parameter Windows XP/VISTA CPU Intel Pentium IV 2.8GHz or higher One available PCI port 512MB RAM or above 1G HDD space for Software operation (Recording-shifting) AGP Graphic card with 128Mb memory and DirectX 9.0C installed Sound card (or on board AC97 Audio) CD-ROM drive for installing software TV signal source (Cable or antenna) Retail Package Content : PCI TV ATSC HDTV/Analog TV PCI Card. Remote control Sensor Cable Remote control Installation CD

Customer Reviews

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars So far, so bad, March 31, 2008

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madman "citysimian" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sabrent TV-ATSC Dual ATSC & Digital HDTV and Analog TV Tuner / Video Capture PCI Card with Remote Control Vista Ready (Personal Computers)

I haven't got this thing working yet, but that's part of what drives me to include a warning amongst the rave reviews here. The thing comes in a crudely labeled generic made-in-china box that does not show the name "Sabrent" or any other brand name at all.

There is not one word of documentation. The ports are not marked (not the tiny miniplug, regular miniplug, DIN, coax, none), nor is anything else. The company chose to save maybe 3 cents by using a tiny "mini-CD" (the format some videocameras use) instead of a normal CD for the drivers and (according to the label) an array of software. My CD/DVD drives will not read a mini-CD or even recognize its presence, and I've seen this complaint elsewhere, so it's not just me.

OK, so I went to the Sabrent website for drivers and documentation and software. Ooops, too bad, the page does not list this model at all. I sent them an email using their incredibly cumbersome form, and I'm still waiting for word from them. I will follow up with news if there is any.

Lastly, be warned that Amazon has mislabeled this product. It is NOT a "dual" tuner; it is a HYBRID tuner.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horible card, doesn't work, June 18, 2008

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M. Robey (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sabrent TV-ATSC Dual ATSC & Digital HDTV and Analog TV Tuner / Video Capture PCI Card with Remote Control Vista Ready (Personal Computers)

Bought this card..wouldn't work with Vista. Wouldn't work with XP either. Don't bother with this card. It is just a waste of time and money.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BlazeTV program bundled with the PCI card, December 2, 2009

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James E. Garrett (Troy, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sabrent TV-ATSC Dual ATSC & Digital HDTV and Analog TV Tuner / Video Capture PCI Card with Remote Control Vista Ready (Personal Computers)

The PCI card was bundled with an older version of software from Blazevideo (version 3.5) current version of software from Blazevieo is 6.0.

After installing the software, shutting down my computer took as long as three minutes (normally takes a few seconds) to shut down.

BlazeVidio suggested that I try the new software to see if it fixed the issue(6.0 trial version) and the PC shuts down normally.

BlazeVidio says the only solution to this shutdown issue, is for me to buy the newer version of software to make it work correctly. Without the BlazeVidio program (or some other Vidio program to watch TV programs through this card), this card is worthless.

Jim Garrett