ViewSonic ViewBox VB50HRTV TV Tuner Box for Monitor 89.99 shipped from amazon.

[loudOne]

How does the Viewsonic product compare to this one?

Avermedia TV Box

loudOne

 

[gotsmack]

I think the real question is does it accept digital signals?

 

[oLLie]

Specs on the Aver:


<< Specifications

Supports up to 4 Inputs:
- TV Input: Coaxial (RF)
- Video 1 Input: Composite Video with Separate Audio Input
- Video 2 Input: Composite/S/Component Video With Separate Audio Input
- VGA Input: 15 pin RGB

Supports up to 3 Outputs:
- VGA Output:15 pin RGB
- Video Output: Composite Output (TV Display Only)
- Audio Output: Stereo Sound >>

Specs on the Viewsonic


<< SPECS:
SAP/MTS Stereo
Allows the reception of audio other than main programming audio.
ANTENNA/CABLE (RF) Tuner FI1236MK2 (North America)
Freq Range 55.25 - 801.25 MHz
Numbers of Channels 2-69 off air
2-125 NTSC cable
INPUT SIGNAL Type RF, S-Video, Composite (RCA), RGB Pass-Through 3.5 mm Mini Stereo Audio In, and RCA (Left/Right) Audio In
VIDEO OUTPUT Bit Performance 24-Bit RGB 700mV±10% (Excluding RGB Pass-Through)
OUTPUT MODE
(excluding RGB Pass-Through) Resolution Refresh Rate 640 x 480 @ 60Hz
640 x 480 @ 75Hz 800 x 600 @ 60Hz 800 x 600 @ 75Hz 852 x 480 @ 60Hz 1024 x 768 @ 60Hz/75sHz
AUDIO OUTPUT MTS Mono/Stereo/SAP (Available in RF Mode)
POWER Power Adapter Input 120 Vac, 60Hz
Output 12 VDC, 1.2A
Type Power Adapter
CONNECTOR Signal F connector for RF, 3.5mm Mini Stereo Jack for Audio In and audio Out. RCA left/right for Audio In, S-Video, Composite (RCA), 15-pin Mini D-Sub for RGB Input and RGB Output
Power DC-In Jack
CONTROLS Physical Power, Input, Channel +/- and Volume +/-
OSD Contrast, Brightness, Saturation, Sharpness, Hue, Volume, MTS, Treble, Bass, OSD Position, OSD Language, Mode (Normal and Sports), Resolution, Refresh Rate, Input Signal, Sleep, Autoscan, Channel Add/Remove, Channel Label and Reset, Tuner Input
Remote Control 28-Key IR remote control, Power, Volume =/-, Channel +/-, four navigation arrows, Select, Menu, Exit, MTS, Mute, Input, Res, Scan, Recall and 10 numbered keys >>


I'm guessing neither one probably supports digital signals? Somebody dig up some reviews on the Aver for comparison...

 

[mrbentley]

Aver TVBox Reviews:
www.slcentral.com
overclockersclub.com
gear.ign.com
www.littlewhitedog.com
www.flipchip.net
www.chizzil.com

 

[Branded]

The AverMedia tv box is 149 at j&r music world.

 

[lightpants]

How would one of these look with a xga projector? Anyone?
Jim

 

[Apex]

<< How would one of these look with a xga projector? Anyone?
Jim >>



Suprisingly good for the price. You're not going to be able to match a few thousand $ scaler or even the $800 DVDO iScan Pro, but pretty good. If you have an excellent internal scaler on your projector though, it might not be necessary to use this.

Another issue is the default color and contrast settings are pretty off. Fiddling with it will greatly improve the image.

 

[JoeFoster]

$79.99 shipped now

there is a $20off$99 code(expires 16th midnight)

 

[oLLie]

I really wish I could see this for some sort of comparison between the quality of a plain old TV tuner...
Oh and it won't do digital signals right guys?

 

[FunkmasterT]

<< I have the ati tv wonder and the pinnacle pctv pro(worthless junk, from the compusa deal). This seems to be a better alternative to those lame tv cards. TV cards rely on software, and that is where the major problems are. I have alot of old spare monitors that would make great extra tv sets. Only real advantage a PC card has is that you can record stuff to your harddrive. I sure regret buying those 2 cards knowing something like this is this cheap. >>



how's the quality of your ATI TV Wonder? just wondering cuz i have the ATI AIW 128 and tv tuner quality is FAR SUPERIOR to my conventional sets. i got it hooked up to an air antenna and not cable so maybe that's an issue.

i thought there might be a diff w/the internal vs external models cuz of electrical interference w/the internal ones, but my int AIW works incredible, all my friends who have seen it are amazed at how well this little thing sucks in even the weakest signals, ie, UHF channels

does anyone own this VS model? is it any good? personally, i think ATI rocks, but this VS model has the remote feature which is nice

 

[oLLie]

Still curious about this thing... it's interesting.

 

[dascud]

its 79.99 after the $20 off. cant go wrong with this price. i just got one.

Da_Scud.

 

[VisionsUCI]

I'm really interested... but I'm not sure yet. I know they have some decent 27" tvs for around $300... so I haven't decided if its worth it to play stuff on my 17" flatpanel rather than get a whole new and bigger tv

 

[JoeRicard]

Good Deal!!

Nice find!!

 

[shurato]

Has anyone gotten theres and care to comment on the quality? This would be a no brainer for me if it could do windowed tv instead of having to either watch tv or switch to the desktop.

 

[gotsmack]

I get mine in a few days I'll let you guys know how it is

 

[Marauder-]

Man - backordered for a while - I'm expecting mine around mid March.

 

[RayCathode]

I hooked mine up today and I have to say that I'm a little disappointed. I guess I was naive thinking this wouldn't happen, but I feel like I'm using my old 3dfx Voodoo 1 when I'm using the computer. The passthrough doesn't operate too well at high resolutions and the text isn't sharp.

As far as the TV quality is concerned, no complaints and it works quite well.

I'll probably end up returning it since I can't take the blurriness though.

 

[drti]

this one will work w/o the computer, it's converts monitor to tv, great for dorm room so you can save space.

if you by last week, you could save $20, but $89.99 isn't a bad deal at all.

 

[gotsmack]

I'm just going to use mine on my second monitor to play x box and watch vhs movies.