Sabrent USB 2.0 TV Tuner/Video Capture Box with Remote Control - TV-USB20
by SABRENT
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Customer Review: Good Tuner, but you gotta work out the kinks
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm an IT guy and it took me a while to install, but here's what I finally figured out.
1) Upgrade your motherboard, chipset and bios to USB 2.0. My computer kept hanging on boot since I'm installing the TV tuner on an old PC, but the blue screen error and hang I kept getting were because the PC components didn't know how to talk usb 2.0 which is the latest version of USB. I went to [...] for my PC upgrades and downloaded the latest versions.
2) Ensure your boot order doesn't have USB device prioritized before primary hard drive. My pc thought I was trying to boot this TV input device as a hard drive so I had to force it to bypass USB and make USB as secondary boot up device.
Product Review: Overall I think this is a good device FOR THE MONEY. Picture quality is so-so, but I don't care about the quality yet cause I'm new to the whole DVR thing. Hope this helps.
Customer Review: Have not been able to put it to work with Windows 7 32-bit
Summary: 2 Stars
Hello,
I bought two of these, one of them works fine under Windows XP (although the remote only allows to switch from full screen to windows screen and you can only change channels by using the numeric pad..you cannot move backward or forward..) I tried to put the other one to work with my laptop that was running Windows 7-64 bit Professional, but, although I contact the vendor's customer support by email, the options that they gave me didn't work.
So, I decided to try with another laptop that I have with Windows 7-32 bit, but the device cannot work with the drivers provided..not even with the ones that can be downloaded from the vendor's site nor the ones that customer support sent me by e-mail.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to enjoy this product under Windows 7 and I have the product stored on my closet meanwhile.
Thanks,
Allan.
Customer Review: Issue with product
Summary: 1 Stars
This product arrived promptly, appears to be well made, comes with remote and viewing software. Manual for software is on included CD, as is viewing software. Manufacturer of software, Intervideo, Inc., was bought in (it appears) 2006 by Corel, Inc. Software requires serial number, not included in package. Will not install without serial number.
Since Intervideo, Inc. cannot be contacted directly attempted to get serial number for software, tried to get serial number from Corel. Oh, yes, they know all about this software, were quite willing to provide serial number, for three figure price. Since product cost only eighteen dollars, what happened next is obvious.
Not Amazon's fault.
Not sure if we'll go through the hassle of doing a return, or just tossing it and getting a real television.
Customer Review: Not at all worth it.
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this item to convert video tape (VHS) to DVD's. This item was hard to install and even when it did install the capture was jerky and very low quality at best. It did poorly from both the COAX (cable input) and the Component (yellow, red, white, RCA jacks) inputs and did not provide a reasonable capture for recording or editing.
I returned the item to Amazon with no problem ( I love this place ), and got instead the Tv @nywhere Plus from MSI TV @nywhere Plus. It is an internal PCI card that must be installed inside your computer case, (sorry laptop users) but the capture quality is very good. The editor of the MSI is a bit weird and I will address that in my review of that product.
Once again, I would avoid the Sabrent TV-USB20 USB 2.0 TV Tuner. Get something else.
Customer Review: Extremely disappointed with Defective product listed as used-like new.
Summary: 1 Stars
Item was recieved with a defect in cable **split** going into the tv box therefor would not work on computer. I had to repair the unit my self in order to get it to finally work properly. It was VERY disappointing to me that the seller listed the item as used-like new when in fact it had two scratches on the top of the unit which did not bother me as much but the split cable going into the unit was causing a short that could have possibly damaged my computer. When purchasing from this seller I would recommend getting seller to check ALL cables and product for any defects before purchasing the item from the seller if the seller is listing it as a used-like new product. If item is going to be defective then it should be listed as defective and NOT as used-like new.