Sabrent USB TV Tuner

Sabrent USB TV Tuner

There is currently one stick-sized and one box-sized model of Sabrent USB TV tuner.

Sabrent USB TV Tuner Model TV-USBHD Dual ATSC & Digital HDTV And Analog TV Tuner

This USB TV tuner is stick-sized and comes with a remote control and antenna. It is a hybrid tuner, capable of picking up both digital and analog TV signals. It is one of the cheapest hybrid tuners on the market. This Sabrent USB TV tuner can record TV, as well as fast-forward, rewind and pause. This USB TV tuner is compatible with Windows XP and Vista.

Installation software is included. The software can auto-scan for channels, but the user needs to tell the auto-scan function to begin, which on the one hand is good because it gives the user control over keeping the channels set, but on the other hand it may not be quite pleasant at first use.

The ability to pick up channels varied; this is likely to be at least in part due to the distance of the individual user to the nearest broadcast tower.

Overall, this Sabrent USB TV tuner is a basic, inexpensive hybrid TV tuner which is best suited to the computer-savvy for installation.

Sabrent USB TV Tuner Model TV-USB20 USB2.0 TV Tuner/Video Capture Box

This box-sized Sabrent USB TV tuner is for analog TV signals only. As an added bonus, this analog tuner can also get signals from attached (wired) devices such as VCRs, game consoles, DVD players, and surveillance cameras. These devices need to be attached via either of the supported wiring connections: S-Video or RCA/Composite.

This Sabrent USB TV tuner is compatible with Windows 2000, Windows 7 and Vista. This TV tuner can record, fast-forward, rewind or pause. These features are not limited just to the TV signals; for example, game console play can also be recorded in the same way. A remote control and software are also included in the package. A particularly helpful software feature is the ability to rename channels, so rather than going just by the numbers, the channels can be named on the computer.

Many users report that the recording ability is reliable, and users recording from other devices (e.g. gaming consoles etc) had no problems. This USB TV tuner is one of the cheaper models available.

This Sabrent USB TV tuner has proven ideal for capturing analog streaming from other devices (gaming consoles, DVD players, VCRs, surveillance cameras). Users who bought this USB TV tuner for the purpose of converting VCRs to DVD were particularly impressed. Overall, this USB TV tuner would be ideal for a more computer-savvy user who wishes to capture analog signals for other devices.

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