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AverMedia MTVHBVMXR Hybrid Volar Max USB 2.0

$95.00 Est. at Amazon

from bvrev.compusa.com
i have it hooked to cable tv and it gets all my channels including the high definition digital channels.
from www.amazon.com
it's a shame my cable company doesn't cooperate and doesn't use "clear" channels.
from Hungry1968, www.newegg.com
no tech knowledge was required - thread the cable tv wire on the usb dongle, and then plug it into an open usb port.installation time was measured in seconds!
from www.amazon.com
but now, this little guy gets it in there, in 1080, and using windows 7 media center (or the included ugly-but-it-works avermedia app) i have been enjoying free tv and free cable for months and months
from www.amazon.com
when i (reluctantly) selected "analog antenna", whereas win media's setup dialogue informed me it was searching / capturing my "comcast cable signal" - which is what is actually running on my hdtv.

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Positives: Analog Video Format: NTSC, Supported Digital Video Standards: MPEG-2,DivX, Adapter Type: TV Input, Other Features: FM Radio Tuner

2 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for CABLE

Apple - Video adapter mini-DVI 4 PIN mini-DIN,

Apple - Video adapter - mini-DVI (M) - 4 PIN mini-DIN, RCA (F) Video Capture

$20.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
this is a great product and easy to use, all i had to do was plug it into the back of my imac and plug an s-video cable into the adapter and into the s-video connection in the back of my old rca home
from www.amazon.com
plug it into your mini dvi port and grab your s-video or rca video cable and plug one end into the adapter and the other into your tv or vcr and you will have your computer screen on the tv.
from www.amazon.com
the "video" stands for s-video, and any generic s-video cable will hook up to it.
from www.amazon.com
be careful when purchasing, this is just an adapter you need 2 other cables to actually hook up the computer.
from www.amazon.com
it gets even better when you pair it with this 6ft toslink to mini toslink cable to handle output to your audio receiver (plugs into the macbook's headphone jack).

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Positives: Adapter Type: Video Capture, Video Input: S-Video,Composite Video,VGA, Video Output: S-Video,Composite Video,RCA,VGA, Platform: PC,Mac

3 RECOMMENDED by 20 people for CABLE

Sling Media Slingbox PRO SB200-100 Video Capture

$385.00 Est. at Amazon

from Jess from Portland, OR, www.circuitcity.com
i opted for the slingbox pro model because it allows for viewing of digital and analog cable using the coaxial splitter that it comes with.
from garyf from Los Angeles,CA, www.circuitcity.com
i set it up with cable box and a replaytv dvr.
from lt.dell.com
anywheredoesn't take up much space mimics your cable box or dvr boxtech support consalways onquality could be better, but it is good if you don't have knowlede in networking its kind of hard to
from Art from Los Angeles, CA, www.circuitcity.com
and if others are watching tv (using the dvr), i can watch also, or i can switch to direct cable.
from Bossanov from Potomac, MD, www.circuitcity.com
i got the hd connect cable 2 days ago and this has improved hd picture quality even further.

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Positives: Analog Video Format: NTSC, Adapter Type: DVB Satellite Receiver,Video Capture,TV Input, Satellite Ready TV Tuner,Cable Ready TV Tuner, Platform: Mac,PC

4 RECOMMENDED by 25 people for CABLE

TV BOX KWORLD|KW-SA220 1080I RTL Input

TV BOX KWORLD|KW-SA220 1080I RTL TV Input

$69.00 Est. at Amazon

from ZalmoxisX, www.newegg.com
good, (i didn't intend on watching tv on this thing, but i actually watch a lot of things on tv now :) cons: the unit is too light for it's own good, it greats dragged around by the cables.
from www.amazon.com
many options of input cables.
from whigger, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: the stand is worthless against the weight of any coax cable pulling on it.
from www.amazon.com
i took an unused: lcd monitor, verizon/motorola cable box, and dvd player; hooked them together using the 1680ex and ran the audio to the aux input on an am/fm radio.
from www.amazon.com
noticed that the stand doesn't really work when all the cables are attached; the weight tips it over.

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Positives: Analog Video Format: NTSC,PAL,SECAM, Adapter Type: TV Input, Cable Ready TV Tuner,Satellite Ready TV Tuner, Video Input: S-Video,Component Video,VGA

5 RECOMMENDED by 21 people for CABLE

Hauppauge 1212 HD-PVR Video Capture

$284.00 Est. at Amazon

from bvrev.compusa.com
i did have a hard time getting the ir pickup to work with my cable box but after a 10 hr battle it now is programmed and has worked perfectly.
from bvrev.compusa.com
to record 5.1 audio you must use an optical audio cable (not supplied) but very inexpensive.
from www.amazon.com
$200 was a bit pricey but it was the only product that i could find that can bring hd cable, xbox360 etc.
from www.amazon.com
some notes : the component cable that comes along with it is so small so does the power supply cable and even the usb cable....
from www.amazon.com
due to a minefield of legal issues and drm standards, it's often impossible to grab the raw digital output from devices like cable stbs, game consoles, or blu-ray players.

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Positives: Analog Video Format: SECAM,NTSC,PAL, Adapter Type: Video Capture, S-Video,Component Video, Video Output: S-Video,Composite Video,Component

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 1229 TV Input

$118.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i do wish it were more like the dvico dual express tuner and only required one coax to serve both tuners instead of separate cables.
from www.amazon.com
just connect 1 coax cable and it splits it internaly.
from www.amazon.com
others appear to be having problems with cable, and other configurations, for me it is all working perfectly, like a dream i do not want to wake up from.
from www.amazon.com
have it paired up with dual nvidia tv wonder 550 pci tuner cards for ntsc cable tv.
from www.amazon.com
now it can record two hd channels smoothly at the same time (without the need of an hd converter box -- since it supports qam i just plug in the cable on the wall).

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Positives: Supported Digital Video Standards: MPEG-2, Adapter Type: TV Input, MPEG-2 Hardware Encoder, Record TV to Disk,Cable Ready TV Tuner,Satellite Ready TV Tuner

Elgato Systems EyeTV 250 Plus 10020780 Video

$226.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
one other note, if you plan to use this product with cable television, do yourself a favor and install a cable signal booster at the entry point of your home.
from www.amazon.com
it came with all the needed cables, looks attractive and works like a charm.
from www.amazon.com
the ntsc quality is pretty crappy looking on an lcd laptop screen (don't have a digital media receiver or cable to test it out on the bigscreen but i'd assume it's more of the same and then some) but
from www.amazon.com
the unit was easy to install and start watching from my cable box.
from www.amazon.com
its qam tuner picks up over 100 digital tv stations that are available unencrypted or "in the clear" from comcast "limited basic" cable that costs $18.95 per month.

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Positives: Analog Video Format: SECAM,NTSC,PAL, Supported Digital Video Standards: MPEG-1,MPEG-2, Adapter Type: Video Capture,TV Input,Video Converter, MPEG-1 Hardware Encoder

Elgato Systems 10020974 TV Input

$171.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i initially had it hooked up to my basic cable, and the quality was pretty equivalent to my tv.
from www.amazon.com
- i'm using it with the cable, so i tried some hd channels: magnificent!!
from www.amazon.com
simply connect a vcr to the eyetv using an antenna coax cable and then plug the eyetv into a usb port.
from www.amazon.com
i turned my mac mini into a dvr without the monthly fees that the cable companies or tivo charges.
from www.amazon.com
the opposite end has a coaxial cable connector to hook the unit to your cable system or your rooftop antenna/rabbit ears.

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Positives: Analog Video Format: NTSC, Adapter Type: TV Input, S-Video,Composite Video, S-Video,Composite Video

Hauppauge WINTV-HVR-950 Tv Stick 785428011394

$126.00 Est. at Amazon

from JMAD from Pensacola, FL, www.circuitcity.com
i use this product in my dorm hooked up to cable.
from Andy from San Francisco, Ca, www.circuitcity.com
reception is much better then alnalog, pictue quality is much better then ntsc on cable or dish.it was funny, during football we saw all these commercials for hd on dish and cable, but there it is,
from Heidi from South Salem, NY, www.circuitcity.com
there are more cables associated with it as well.
from denise from Salem, OR, www.circuitcity.com
one more thing, you can get quite a few channels without having to hook-up to any cable network, even with the antena it comes with.
from chasv from Denver, co., www.circuitcity.com
using analog cable hookup produced an acceptable display on my underpowered 1.5ghz pentium m.

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Positives: Supported Digital Video Standards: MPEG-2, Adapter Type: Video Capture,TV Input, MPEG-2 Hardware Encoder,MPEG-2 Hardware Decoder, Record TV to Disk

Xonar Dx/xd Low Profile 7.1 Channel Audio Card Pci-e

$90.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
i had to put in a new g-card and psu and i unplugged the cable to my xonar and it was very difficult to get out.
from John, www.newegg.com
comes with a nifty adapter for hooking up an optical cable.the xonar series is a good alternative to the high-end products from that monopolizing sound card company.
from Glanzer, www.newegg.com
and yes, my fp audio cable is well shielded.
from Big Vee, www.newegg.com
plus front outputs still work as a result of moving the cable from mother board to sound card.
from ootagleebinglobinglo, www.newegg.com
installed this card (open box version) and all channels work properly with same cables in place.

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Canopus ADVC-110 77010150100 Video Capture

$213.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.pcmall.com
i like the fact that this product, at least with my imac, is powered by the included firewire cable, so there's one less ac adpater to find a plug for.
from www.tigerdirect.com
for some reason however, i did need a power adapter even though i use the 6-pin firewire cable.
from www.amazon.com
supposedly you don't need it if you are using a 6pin to 6pin firewire cable.
from www.amazon.com
the canopus has ports on the front and the back, where you plug in the cables from the vcr (or dvd), and then put the firewire cable into the canopus and your computer.
from www.newegg.com
using s-video, and rca cables for audio, hooked up to dvr, and the results were very good.

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Positives: Analog Video Format: PAL,SECAM,NTSC, Supported Digital Video Standards: DV, Adapter Type: Audio Input,Video Capture, Supported Digital Video S: DV

Apple Mini-DVI to DVI Adaptor 5060152631588

$15.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it is an adapter which goes from the cable your second monitor already has on it or came with it to the back mini jack on the back of your mac.
from www.amazon.com
i connected my dvi cable to the adapter, plugged it into my imac, and it just popped up as a second desktop (at 1920x1080 automatically).
from www.amazon.com
the cable works perfectly for my 13" macbook on the mini-dvi port, the only hindrance is the length of the adapter.
from www.amazon.com
as other reviewers have stated, be careful which dvi cable you are getting.
from www.amazon.com
3) an hdmi to hdmi cable.

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Positives: Video Output: DVI-D, Interface with Host: DVI, Platform: Mac, Audio Support: Optional

Tivax STB-T8 Digital to Analog TV Converter Box

$55.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the unit is small and comes with a coax and rca cables so you can hook it up to your either the coax input or video input on your tv.
from www.amazon.com
i ordered it with my government coupon to see if it would work with my cable signal, but it won't work that way.
from www.amazon.com
i will use it during bad storms when cable and satellite are out.
from www.amazon.com
we don't use cable tv (we get most of our television shows off the internet) so we needed it to get the local stations using just rabbit ears.
from www.amazon.com
it had all the cables necessary to install it and the channels found after installing was impressive.

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Positives: Included Accessories: Remote Control

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 1800 1128 Video Capture

$141.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
you get a complete 14-day guide (based on your cable input settings) and it keeps track of the shows you've recorded so you can jump right into watching.
from www.amazon.com
no complaints on the tv tuner, either; it's just that twc akron doesn't support digital broadcast through their cables.
from www.amazon.com
as everyone knows, vista media center doesn't support clear qam broadcasts over cable, so i was hoping to at least watch them with wintv's app, but it didn't install.
from www.amazon.com
in fact, unless you absolutely need to use the unscrambled digital qam cable input (which is only supported by the included wintv v6 software), i recommend you stick with media center.
from www.amazon.com
the digital cable picture looks just as good as if it was connected straight from the set-top box to the tv.

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Positives: Analog Video Format: NTSC, Supported Digital Video Standards: MPEG-1,MPEG-2, Adapter Type: Video Capture,PC Card Adapter,TV Input, Other Features: FM Radio Tuner

ASUS My Cinema-PE9400Combo 90-YC0SA0F-UAY0Z

$108.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
i don't pick up abc or fox when i get it with perfect reception plugging in to my tv other thoughts: not a bad card if you want to use it for analog cable
from TriviaBuff, www.newegg.com
it found both tuners (analog and digital) and found all of the analog channels from my cable.the picture is clear, but i'm only using this with analog at the moment.
from Jeremy, www.newegg.com
it also has a ir blaster cable and can send signals to a cable or satellite stb to change channels and record.
from FreakinBigToe, www.newegg.com
i run it on digital cable and it works nicely.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i then ran windows media center setup and let it discover my stb connected via s-video and the red/white audi cables.

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Positives: Analog Video Format: NTSC, Supported Digital Video Standards: MPEG-2, Other Features: FM Radio Tuner, MPEG-2 Hardware Encoder

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950Q 1191 TV Input

$96.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?price is under 100 dollars what's not so great:?software bundled is terrible, replaced with snapstream software "on my first attempt to use this as a qam cable tuner, the
from www.amazon.com
overall, this is a very good product for someone on the road with access to tv cable...
from www.amazon.com
i wanted a product that would allow me to watch the television signal coming out of the coaxial cable coming from the wall (cable company provided).
from www.amazon.com
it works ok with vista ultimate media center, but it does not have the same guide/channel source as eyetv so i have only got the analog cable channels to work or the ota hd broadcasts to work, but
from www.amazon.com
easy to install, very good picture quality when connected to cable, and excellent hd picture quality for the available clear qam channels (basically all the broadcast channels).

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Positives: Analog Video Format: NTSC, Supported Digital Video Standards: MPEG-2, Adapter Type: TV Input, MPEG-2 Hardware Encoder

Avermedia MTVHBE80R 7 95522 96077 1 TV Input

$110.00 Est. at Amazon

from V65Magna, www.newegg.com
i also wish it had qam(digital cable tuner).
from Ruckus, www.newegg.com
fm, coax in, atsc, the input breakout cable...
from Boiler, www.newegg.com
it pulls a clear signal from the coax cable and s-video connections.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: solid tv reception for both cable tv and ota hdtv; very clear fm reception; does pick up analog ota tv (but no where as good as ota hdtv) cons: vista media center would not do automatic
from Cowboy7381, www.newegg.com
pros: pulls in signal very well, does exactly what i wanted it to do, clean picture for charter extended basic cable, ota hdtv, works flawlessly in windows vista home premium using media center

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Positives: Supported Digital Video Standards: MPEG-1,MPEG-2,MPEG-4, Analog Video Format: NTSC,PAL-M,PAL-N, Adapter Type: Radio Input,TV Input, Other Features: FM Radio Tuner

Hauppauge Wintv Hvr 1600 Pci MPEG-2 Hw Encode

$143.00 Est. at Amazon

from Jay from Arlington, Tx, www.circuitcity.com
i only wanted it for atsc but the ntsc tuner will allow you to connect an antenna, but not satellite or a cable box.
from customer from Tampa, Florida, www.circuitcity.com
both run well, can record two live cable programs simultaneously to digital files.
from from IL, www.circuitcity.com
these cards now also work with clear qam digital cable, although you have to use the hauppauge software as mc doesn't yet support qam to the best of my knowledge.
from Mat from W-S,NC, www.circuitcity.com
started with a ati tv wonder 650pro, cable tuner worked great, but vista could not see the hd tuner, and no new drivers anytime soon from ati.
from WillT from Greensboro, NC, www.circuitcity.com
i also have standard cable connected and i do not have any problems in receiving cable stations.

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Positives: Supported Digital Video Standards: MPEG-2,MPEG-1, Adapter Type: TV Input,Audio Input,Video Capture, MPEG-2 Hardware Decoder,MPEG-2 Hardware Encoder, Cable Ready TV Tuner,Record TV to Disk

Elgato Systems EYETV HYBRID 2 IN1 TV

$148.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
this product works great for cable/satellite direct connection, but it does not work well with an antenna.
from www.amazon.com
at the same time i use it to record tv from comcast cable.
from www.amazon.com
i mainly bought it so i can get cable on my new imac 24' g5 computer (which i love).
from www.amazon.com
at the time, directtv looked better than cable, and certainly better than over the air television.
from www.amazon.com
imagine watching local hdtv on the road without having to use the hotel cable.

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ASUS My Cinema-PHC3-100/NAQ/FM/AV/RC TV Input

$91.00 Est. at Amazon

from thelastdom, www.newegg.com
the cable resolution isn't as good as the digital of course but it is good.
from TopJimmy1970, www.newegg.com
the windows media player does not supprt digital stations or maybe not digital cable with out a box, maybe ms will take care of it soon.
from Unseen, www.newegg.com
good, but there is a little noise regardless of "hardware noise reduction technology built-in to enhance best video quality" but that might be due to cable i am using and length that it is going ect.
from tfinn, www.newegg.com
i am using a cable box and picture quality isn't too clear.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
the reception and sound quality of the tv channels run through this card is similar to or equal to what i was accustomed to when the cable was connected directly to my television.

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Positives: Analog Video Format: NTSC, Supported Digital Video Standards: MPEG-2, Adapter Type: TV Input, Other Features: FM Radio Tuner

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AverMedia MTVHBVMXR Hybrid Volar Max USB 2.0

Apple - Video adapter mini-DVI 4 PIN mini-DIN,

Sling Media Slingbox PRO SB200-100 Video Capture

TV BOX KWORLD|KW-SA220 1080I RTL Input

Hauppauge 1212 HD-PVR Video Capture

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 1229 TV Input

Elgato Systems EyeTV 250 Plus 10020780 Video

Elgato Systems 10020974 TV Input

Hauppauge WINTV-HVR-950 Tv Stick 785428011394

Xonar Dx/xd Low Profile 7.1 Channel Audio Card Pci-e

Canopus ADVC-110 77010150100 Video Capture

Apple Mini-DVI to DVI Adaptor 5060152631588

Tivax STB-T8 Digital to Analog TV Converter Box

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 1800 1128 Video Capture

ASUS My Cinema-PE9400Combo 90-YC0SA0F-UAY0Z

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950Q 1191 TV Input

Avermedia MTVHBE80R 7 95522 96077 1 TV Input

Hauppauge Wintv Hvr 1600 Pci MPEG-2 Hw Encode

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