USB DVB-T Tuner - Freeview on your laptop for £20

stphnstevey

http://uk.aldi.com/special_buys/productnl_192.html

Watch FREE to air Digital TV and listen to FREE to air Digital radio (not DAB) on your notebook or desktop PC
Record Digital TV programmes and play them back again and again
Schedule your recordings for a daily, weekly or once only basis
Enjoy time-shifting functionality meaning you can play / pause / record / stop / fast forward / rewind your TV programmes
Auto channel scan and name recognition
Includes Electronic Programme Guide (EPG)
Fully resizable picture, up to full screen
Compatible with HD TV
Pocket sized
Easily installed
No AC adaptor, the DVB-T Tuner is USB powered

At PC World they are £50
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0965801452.1178648470@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgaddkldlihfmcflgceggdhhmdfhn.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=602201&category_oid=

I don't know much about this technology, but this seemed a good buy compared to PC World. Any feedback on this would be appreciated as I am considering it but don't know enough about it

josh1234

yea but the one at pc world is toshiba and the aldi one is tevion thats were you get the difference in price

Ampster

Almost identical and a similar price (when adding in super saver delivery).

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/108219

Only reason for adding this is the reviews - thought they may help.

Altarf

stphnstevey wrote: »

At PC World they are £50

Not on their website but both -
http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/pages/products/data_novatstick.html
and
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/uk/Products/Consumer+Products/PCTV+Tuners/PCTV+Flash_TV+Stick/PCTV+DVB-T+FlashStick.htm
were £29 in PC World at the weekend.

stphnstevey

josh1234 wrote: »

yea but the one at pc world is toshiba and the aldi one is tevion thats were you get the difference in price

Just because it has a more well known name doesn't garantee the Toshiba one is any better

See the supermarket own brand hunt on this forum for proof

josh1234

true but with everthing these days you pay for a name just pointing out why they were priced differently thats all ive got a home surround system by tevion and its great

travel_freak

I'd be keen to know how well this works as I was considering one a few months ago but never did get round to buying.

Does anyone know whether you would need to actually be online in order to use it - i.e. if you're watching a film, say, would you have to be online the whole time in order to 'receive' the film?

I did a quick search on ebay and there were some there, I think, for around £10 but not sure what make or whether if from a reliable source.

Many thanks.

Regards,

Hillfly

travel_freak wrote: »

I'd be keen to know how well this works as I was considering one a few months ago but never did get round to buying.

Does anyone know whether you would need to actually be online in order to use it - i.e. if you're watching a film, say, would you have to be online the whole time in order to 'receive' the film?

I did a quick search on ebay and there were some there, I think, for around £10 but not sure what make or whether if from a reliable source.

Many thanks.

Regards,

I think you have your wires crossed.
In order to watch tv on your pc you need to connect an aerial to the usb device and effectively it displays the received image on your computer screen - like the tv. It works best with an external aerial. No internet connection is involved.

I use a Hauppage HVR900. This is a good usb stick because it has both a digital freeview receiver but can also receive analogue signals. This means you can use it to capture video from sky, a dvd player or video.

If buying one of these cheap sticks make sure you can get a good digital reception on your aerial or it will be pretty useless.

a-p_2

i was looking for opinions on the megasky freeview dongle http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=26966140763&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=101969

and asked the techie board for opinions.
heres the link - http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=439539

i do know that you do not need to be online to watch tv [as its recieved via ariel]

the techie board are very helpful & knowledgeable, so might be worth posting a question in there

a-p

dibbler69

Alot of these usb stick struggle to work under Vista. The MSI mega 580 being one. I have the 580 and it works great under XP but not at all under vista. Its really let down by the software. I haven't been able to reorder the channels yet!!

umar44

most of these perform really badly with the provided mini aerial, if at all. To pick up channels and get a clear picture you need to use it with an external aerial, i have one which i use with my laptop and is connected to outside aerial and the picture is great, with all channels getting picked up.