ADS Tech USB TV Tuner
ADS Tech USB TV Tuner
ADS Technologies makes two popular stick sized models of USB TV tuner, and one box sized model.
These models of ADS Tech USB TV tuner are described here. Users tended to prefer the stick sized
models over the box sized model.
ADS Tech Mini TV USB PC
This ADS Tech USB TV tuner is an analog tuner which is the size of a thick USB stick.
As well as viewing TV, it can pause, rewind, fast-forward and record. It comes with its own antenna. To get analog
cable signals, or to connect to a wall antenna, there is also a separate cable which connects at the USB device on
one end (via a coaxial connection) and at the other end can connect to the cable outlet or wall antenna (using an
F-connector).
This ADS Tech USB TV tuner also comes with its own viewing and DVD recording software. Once
installed, the software is straightforward to use, although some feel that the DVD recording software is a little
limited in its options (e.g. inability to customize the DVD menu). However, these users also noted its low price
tag and the fact that the DVD software works well - it just doesn't have any added extra features to it. Overall,
this USB TV tuner is a basic model of analog tuner which is adequate but doesn't offer fancy extras.
ADS Technologies USBAV-705 Instant TV Deluxe USB
Tuner
This box-sized analog USB TV tuner can view, fast-forward, rewind, pause and record analog TV.
It accepts two input options: S-video and RCA/composite connections. Recordings are saved in MPEG-1 and MPEG-2
formats. This model of ADS Tech USB TV tuner may not be an instant favorite with some users, mainly due to its
software limitations in selecting and changing channels. However, for those whose primary use is recording TV (and
therefore don't need to be frequently changing channels), this ADS Tech USB TV tuner can do the job well.
ADS PTV-384-EF Mini HDTV USB TV Tuner
This USB TV tuner from ADS Tech is a stick sized digital TV tuner. It can view, fast-forward,
rewind, pause and record TV. This USB TV tuner comes with its own remote control, antenna and installation
and viewing software. The antenna is magnetized, so users should be aware not to keep it too close to the
computer or magnetic data storage peripherals. Compatible with Windows Vista and some models of Windows XP, this
ADS Tech USB TV tuner requires an ATI Radeon 9550 or NVIDIA GeForce FX
5200 video card or above, to avoid any choppiness in the picture. Users found that this ADS Tech USB TV tuner
did its job well.
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