Woot : One Day, One Deal (SM)

HexMaster wrote:Hey, the picture doesn't say I can't have your laptop. So can I have your laptop? Please ?

Its not a laptop its a Netbook.

SonovaVondruke wrote:you're right it will work but USB but isn't really 480mps

But by these standards it should work just fine, and judging by fact of them selling the device it does work. What i wouldn't trust is the antenna, a better quality one will probably be more than the USB tuner itself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus

"The actual throughput currently (2006)[update] of USB 2.0 high-speed attained with real-world devices is about two thirds of the maximum theoretical bulk data transfer rate of 53.248 MiB/s. Typical high speed USB devices operate at lower speeds, often about 3 MiB/s overall, sometimes up to 10–20 MiB/s"

Without serious hardware compression on board there is no way a USB can do HDTV.

Also note that this device uses CPU to do anything, so dont use the computer for anything else while using this, or you get poor video.

apatel87 wrote:I am also trying to figure out whether this will work or not with EyeTV3. I have the software from a Hybrid that I accidentally broke. I figure this might be a cheap replacement solution. I am not sure if it will work. Help please!

That won't work. The version of EyeTV for Elgato's own tuners is not the same as EyeTV for third-party tuners. I just checked it by going into the setup assistant for my EyeTV app. It lists all of the compatible manufacturers for me to choose from, but not Elgato's own hardware.

I guess the average user has no idea what QAM is, i wish they would include it in say converter boxes and usb sticks like this more often. QAM allows you to get crystal clear 1080P through your cable for free.

Can this be used to capture video from VCRs, DVDs, or anything else that has a composite video out?

ie - can those little cables connected to the USB device be used for input or are they only for output?

Liszt wrote:I don't suppose this would work on a netbook, would it? Say, an EEE PC 901...

I think it probably would be a no go, but having one of these with my netbook would be nifty.

The picture Woot used of the devise hooked up to a computer IS the Acer netbook. For whatever that means.

Can this thing be used in foreign countries,like say Costa Rica?

Can I use this to hook a VCR up to my computer for recording old VHS tapes to DVD?

majestictorment wrote:Does this support 64 bit Vista or just 32 bit?

Does support 64 bit OS. Found drivers here off of ATI's site.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/tvwonder600usb_vista.aspx?type=2.5.1&product=2.5.1.3.3.3.3&lang=English

dangit, I bought one, but I meant to buy two and forgot to hit the button to change quantity. and now it won't let me order another one. am I SOL or is there anything I can do?

gravesje wrote:dangit, I bought one, but I meant to buy two and forgot to hit the button to change quantity. and now it won't let me order another one. am I SOL or is there anything I can do?

Create another user name and use a new credit card/Paypal account.

carl669 wrote:wait...the manufacturer website says:
Windows® XP Home Edition
Windows® XP Professional Edition
Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Certified for Windows Vista®

woot says:
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Windows XP Home and Professional Edition Requires third party TV/Recording application

now i'm confused.

(yes...i know i replied to myself)

Vista Business does not include media software. Home Premium and Ultimate do. Windows 7 (Home Premium and above) are all covered (at least they have media software - sounds like this card will work).

Reading some of these posts - my last PC (2004 era) has an All in Wonder 9800 card, and it works ok, but the video is jerky at times.

pickleman77 wrote:Can I use this to play my game consoles on my computer monitor, or will it be too laggy?

You'd be better off getting an adapter to plug the console straight into the monitor. There are adapters for several units as well. I use one to plug in two consoles and my pc.

escalante wrote:The picture Woot used of the devise hooked up to a computer IS the Acer netbook. For whatever that means.

Most netbooks that have XP do meet the system requirements to use this TV Tuner. To make this even more encouraging to use on netbooks, companies like Dell have already launched netbooks with TV tuners integrated into them.

You should be fine if you use this with a net book.

Wonders if you can import from VHS to convert old videos to dvd

ExOblivioneJR wrote:So if I have a large antenna on the side of my house to get local channels can I hook my coax cable up to this to record local show?

Yes. That's what I do with the Pinnacle HD Tuners I have from previous woots. I hooked a powered antenna ($80 at HH Gregg) up to the cable connection on the side of my house, and nw I have over-the-air tv distributed to every TV in the house.

I've noticed that the PCs all get more channels than the TVs that have those little digital-to-analog boxes that the government subsidized as part of the digital conversion.

Someone said earlier that the USB tuners wouldnt work as well as the internal tuner cards. I have found that to be true, also. There is one channel (ION) that I can only get on a desktop PC with an internal card. The USB tuners get everything else. The govt-required converters can't get 2 additional channels, and 3 in bad weather.

Notice that is the same govt that some want to run our health insurance...

So, there is my experience using PCTV tuners to replace comcast. My best day ever is probably the day I told Comcast to disconnect me.

escalante wrote:The picture Woot used of the devise hooked up to a computer IS the Acer netbook. For whatever that means.

It has neither a Pentium or a Celeron chip which are required per specs.

Can this be connected to a Projector? It has all the inputs but USB?

We said goodbye to paying for TV over the summer and really have not missed it. I have been debating buying one of these little antennas to connect to my laptop but I am still undecided so I will continue to read everyone's comments and then decide today (hopefully before supply runs out). Keep posting those great comments!

codecrackerx9 wrote:Most netbooks that have XP do meet the system requirements to use this TV Tuner. To make this even more encouraging to use on netbooks, companies like Dell have already launched netbooks with TV tuners integrated into them.

You should be fine if you use this with a net book.

However, the decoding is done by the CPU, so unless you have a dual-core Atom in your netbook, you probably won't be happy with the performance at full screen. Of course, your netbook runs at low enough resolution anyway that it might be ok.

The Pinnacle sticks and cards I have from previous woots all say they require a dual-core as a minimum for recording, and that has been true. I mostly chalk that up to how bad the Pinnacle software is. I bought an off-brand HD stick from woot recently, and it seems to perform better on my Pentium-M (single core) laptop. That stick has equally poor software, but it does seem to render with less stutter at full screen.

In that case I am using a display with a native resolution of 1680x1050, which is why I think a lower-res netbook might be ok.

However, I'd be surprised of you could record an HD signal on a netbook with acceptable results.

That's my $.02

hbuzzell wrote:We said goodbye to paying for TV over the summer and really have not missed it. I have been debating buying one of these little antennas to connect to my laptop but I am still undecided so I will continue to read everyone's comments and then decide today (hopefully before supply runs out). Keep posting those great comments!

At this price, you should buy three. You will definitely use them, even on your desktop PCs. They are also great gifts. I bought this woot, and I already have at least 4 from previous woots. One of the internal cards has died since then, but the rest are all just fine.

I've had excellent performance from other ATI tuners in the analog TV days, so I am glad I could pick this one up to try it.

I like the ATI media center much better than the Windows Media Center, so I'm hoping that will still be the case for this one.

mbiker wrote:Can this be connected to a Projector? It has all the inputs but USB?

To connect a projector, you would use the video OUTPUT on your PC.

Inputs on the HDTV stick are for an antenna, DVD player, etc.

Liszt wrote:I don't suppose this would work on a netbook, would it? Say, an EEE PC 901...

I think it probably would be a no go, but having one of these with my netbook would be nifty.

I use a model I got from Radio Shack on my Acer netbook with no problems. It depends on how strong the signal is.

Anyone out there have any luck with getting this thing to run on boot camped mac?

Can I use this to save things off my DVR to my PC in HD?

cruiter1954 wrote:Will this work to get us TV in the family van if we have RCA inputs?

Yes, if by thet you mean using the RCA inputs to hook up an external DVD player??

If you plan to use the tuner for an over-the-air broadcast, the RCA inputs are not relavent.

Also, I tried letting my kids use one of these for over-the-air TV when I was driving. I found the TV signal wasn't consistent enough to be usable, especially when between cities.

Hand held DVD players are cheap enough now that we just got one of those, and it has a built-in screen.

I don't have cable-TV in my house. I just have regular channel (local). In addition, my TV requires the converter box to receive the signal.

Do I need to buy a new converter box in order to use this product? If not, do I have to turn my converter box on in order to receive the signal? Please advise.

Thank you very much!!!

YouCantWootThis wrote:At this price, you should buy three. You will definitely use them, even on your desktop PCs. They are also great gifts. I bought this woot, and I already have at least 4 from previous woots. One of the internal cards has died since then, but the rest are all just fine.

I've had excellent performance from other ATI tuners in the analog TV days, so I am glad I could pick this one up to try it.

I like the ATI media center much better than the Windows Media Center, so I'm hoping that will still be the case for this one.

How well does this work inside a condo/house? My office does not have access to hook up to our house over the air antenna so I was thinking about getting one or two for the office?

eriet30 wrote:Wonders if you can import from VHS to convert old videos to dvd

What it can do is record VHS over the Coax to your computer. Then you'd need a DVD Write capable drive on your PC with software to create. Most PCs come with a DVD drive that reads/writes disks, so you'd need software a la DVD Fab.

The big issue for me is I live in the boonies and need ClearQAM to get HD from my cable provider. This card only supports Over the Air (OTA) which won't work for me.

In regards to netbooks, this is a software based TV Tuner. All the work for the TV tuning is done from ones CPU and memory. It will work on a Netbook, but it won't work great.

marvinrock wrote:My biggest concern, the remote that comes bundled with it, can I use that to control Windows Media Center? Because that would be amazing!

+1 I'm curious as well

Will this work with DirecTV?

Can i take the antenna off and connect it directly to the cable in my house?

kerbitz wrote:Can I use this to save things off my DVR to my PC in HD?

Only if you have an HD output connection that doesn't have copy-protection on them. My understanding is that they all do. You can probably still get a Standard Def signal to record, of course.

I'd be surprised if anyone posts a way to record an HD signal from a DVR or Cable box output, but I'd love to be wrong on that!

carl669 wrote:wait...the manufacturer website says:
Windows® XP Home Edition
Windows® XP Professional Edition
Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Certified for Windows Vista®

woot says:
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Windows XP Home and Professional Edition Requires third party TV/Recording application

now i'm confused.

(yes...i know i replied to myself)

According to the web site it will work on all versions of XP and Vista but those without media center require additonal software.

twacorbies79 wrote:Can i take the antenna off and connect it directly to the cable in my house?

Yes, but you will only get "expanded basic" channels - usually up to about channel 68 or 70. Everything above that requires a QAM tuner for unscrambled channels, and a cable box (or DVR) to unscramble the premium channels.

In for one. Thanks for the info everyone!

Vista drivers (should work with Windows 7)
http://support.visiontek.com/drivers/8.6_600usb_vista.html

crscottdba wrote:

...The big issue for me is I live in the boonies and need ClearQAM to get HD from my cable provider. This card only supports Over the Air (OTA) which won't work for me.

See my post just prior to this. Without QAM you will still get basic cable channels. You won't get channels above about 68 or 70, or anything that is scrambled.

I used a PCTV stick this way until I cancelled cablem It worked fine. Most of the basic cable channels are still analog, but they will come in fine.

carl669 wrote:wait...the manufacturer website says:
Windows® XP Home Edition
Windows® XP Professional Edition
Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Certified for Windows Vista®

woot says:
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Windows XP Home and Professional Edition Requires third party TV/Recording application

now i'm confused.

(yes...i know i replied to myself)