KWORLD PCI Digital/Analog HDTV Tuner - $63 AR

[lazarus000]

dual tuner???

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815100140#DetailSpecs

Brand KWORLD
Model ATSC-110
Specifications
TV Tuner Yes
FM Tuner No
Remote Control Yes
Interface PCI
Ports In S-Video Input, Composite Input, Audio
Ports Out Audio
Operating Systems Supported Windows XP, Media Center Edition 2000/XP
System Requirements Pentium-IV 1.6 GHz or higher recommended
128 MB of system memory (256 MB is recommended)
PCI 2.2 compliant slot
Graphics card (Must support Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or above)
Sound card (AC97 compatible sound card )
15 GB free HD space
CD-ROM drive (For software installation )
Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or above Internet access
Outdoor antenna TV connection for ATSC Outdoor antenna / cable TV connection for AnalogTV

Microsoft Windows, Windows XP, Media Center Edition 2000/XP
Specifications Digital TV Tuner: 75 Ohm (UHF / VHF) TV Antenna
Analog TV Tuner: 75 Ohm (UHF / VHF) TV Antenna
TV system Frequency: 55.25 - 855.25MHz (NTSC); 69 terrestrial digital channels; (ATSC)
Miscellaneous: Dolby Digital AC3 audio output (ATSC); 8 bits Vestigial Side-Band Modulation (8VSB) (ATSC)
Dimension: 12x9.8cm

Features
Features Supports HDTV Quality TV Standard
Supports both Widescreen (16:9) and Standard (4:3) Viewing
Supports Dolby Digital Output
Intelligent Electronic Program Guide
Supports Digital TV for ATSC, Analog TV for NTSC
Watch free Digital Terrestrial TV on your PC
Supports up to 1920x1080i (HDTV) and Dolby Digital AC3 Audio output
No subscription fees ever.
Skip commercials and other parts of TV shows
Search for shows by genre, actor, director, or title
Shrink your recordings for transfering to portable devices
Find your favorite series and schedule repeat recordings
Pause, fast-forward, and rewind live TV and recorded programs
Intelligent Electronic Program Guide
Record two or more shows at once
Schedule recording from your PC, the Internet or a WAP-enabled phone
Additional AV/S video INPUTS for connecting other video sources.
(such as DVD Player/ VCD/ VHS/ Camcorder)
Power-Off PC via remote control

 

[RBC]

Is this something that I can hook up my cable TV to and get all of the analog and digital channels with?

 

[imported_nunya]

Damn, can't find a review of this thing anywhere. The price is so good, perhaps too good.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: RBC
Is this something that I can hook up my cable TV to and get all of the analog and digital channels with?

Just going by the specs pasted here (I'm not familiar with this particular tuner), no. It doesn't list QAM tuning, which is needed to get HDTV over cable (as opposed to 8VSB modulation which is used for over the air broadcasts). And current PC tuners can only tune unencrypted QAM channels anyway, which is limited generally to the local channels. However, it does have two antenna/coax inputs, so you could hook up your cable line to one (for all your analog channels) and an antenna to the other and receive your local HDTV channels over the air.

 

[lazarus000]

Originally posted by: nunya
Damn, can't find a review of this thing anywhere. The price is so good, perhaps too good.

the only negative review issue i could find on it was that the registration key number starts with a lower case "L" ... that looks like a "1" "l" so that people have struggled with thinking they had a invalid key code.


but information is scare


i ordered one ... figured i give it a shot for that price

 

[cooliodealio]

Originally posted by: lazarus000

Originally posted by: nunya
Damn, can't find a review of this thing anywhere. The price is so good, perhaps too good.

the only negative review issue i could find on it was that the registration key number starts with a lower case "L" ... that looks like a "1" "l" so that people have struggled with thinking they had a invalid key code.


but information is scare ... i ordered one


figured i give it a shot for that price

I hope you realize there is a rebate you have to deal with. With that said, and considering kworld is unheard of, it's not worth the risk.

 

[lazarus000]

Originally posted by: cooliodealio

Originally posted by: lazarus000

Originally posted by: nunya
Damn, can't find a review of this thing anywhere. The price is so good, perhaps too good.

the only negative review issue i could find on it was that the registration key number starts with a lower case "L" ... that looks like a "1" "l" so that people have struggled with thinking they had a invalid key code.


but information is scare ... i ordered one


figured i give it a shot for that price

I hope you realize there is a rebate you have to deal with. With that said, and considering kworld is unheard of, it's not worth the risk.

not all rebates are evil






i guess i'll find out soon enough

 

[1EZduzit]

Originally posted by: lazarus000

Originally posted by: cooliodealio

Originally posted by: lazarus000

Originally posted by: nunya
Damn, can't find a review of this thing anywhere. The price is so good, perhaps too good.

the only negative review issue i could find on it was that the registration key number starts with a lower case "L" ... that looks like a "1" "l" so that people have struggled with thinking they had a invalid key code.


but information is scare ... i ordered one


figured i give it a shot for that price

I hope you realize there is a rebate you have to deal with. With that said, and considering kworld is unheard of, it's not worth the risk.

not all rebates are evil






i guess i'll find out soon enough

It may take longer then you think. A lot of people on NewEgg have been waiting for rebates from Kworld for sometime.

 

[imported_dani]

Originally posted by: cooliodealio

Originally posted by: lazarus000

Originally posted by: nunya
Damn, can't find a review of this thing anywhere. The price is so good, perhaps too good.

the only negative review issue i could find on it was that the registration key number starts with a lower case "L" ... that looks like a "1" "l" so that people have struggled with thinking they had a invalid key code.


but information is scare ... i ordered one

Kworld has been around for a while and sells many different tuners and other products. I've bought their stuff and found it to be pretty good quality.

figured i give it a shot for that price

I hope you realize there is a rebate you have to deal with. With that said, and considering kworld is unheard of, it's not worth the risk.