Sabrent TV-USBHD Digital and Analog USB TV Tuner - ATSC Ready, HDTV, Analog, USB 2.0, Pendrive, Remote Control, Antenna, Vista Ready

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I followed all the instructions, but the driver on the disk that came with the product was bad. I Had a hard time downloading a new driver, When I finially got a free driver the stick seemed to work, but the software could not find any channels. I tried both the antenia that came with the stick, and my high speed cable connection. I bought it to watch the channels that do not need the Cable Box.

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I carefully read all the reviews from the past and notice that people who had windows xp didn't seem to have any problems. I have two computers and yes one with xp and one 64bit vista. I follwed the directions to the letter and loaded it up on the xp computer. At first nothing. But then I re-loaded drivers and wham. The absolute best picture I've ever seen from my on roof antener. In fact it's better than my picture with satalite tv. When My one year subscribtion is over with direct tv I'll dump them forever. I still HAVEN'T TRIED TO LOAD ON MY vista computer yet. Plan to do that next week after runn ing a cable to living room. I also ordered from tiger windows 7 to load on my Vista. So I'll update this when I do all that. Bottom line is this thing works far better than I could even imagine. So far on WINDOWS XP. Be patient and follow directions twice.

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It will not work on my Acer laptop. It must be the video card or processor. i am planning to try it on another device later.

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I might have just got a bad one, a lemon? Would have been nice if it worked so I can tell my cable company to take a hike, lol, seriously cable is bad and costly it's like I am paying to watch commercials! This retailer refunded me with no hassles and they paid to ship it back. Thank you once again... Stan (buffalo, NY)

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Working with ntsc analog cable, I tried to make it work for a couple of days, with no success. Finally deleted the program and the driver and restarted following exactly the manual. And I finally got it to work. i have vista 64. As for the remote, it works perfectly. You have to use the extension that came with the tuner so that you can point at it with the remote.

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Works great, I am in Iraq and only get analog Took a few minutes to figure out how to change from digital to analog but once i did worked fine. Also remote worked good to.

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I have read other reviews about this product leaving me a bit skeptical, But i have ran this product on multiple systems without failure. Customer having issues need to read before installing this item. If you you unplug this item with pc powered on item will NOT reinitialize until You Reboot- If you have a cheap graphics card or subpar chipset insuffient memory this item will fail or cause issues. Please read IN Box before installing. If for some reason your cd fails try burning it to a regular sized cd as some drives will not read them smalller discs. If the sound fails, turn ''unit'' off and back on. I live out in the country and i pick up 23 digital and several FM Stations So I am happy. Hope This Helps!

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It appears to be a nice unit. Unfortunately, I could never get it to work-even downloaded 64 bit drivers from all stripes-no cigar. I don't think that they tested it completely. Don't order this if you need it to work in Vista Premium Home.

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Same experience as many of the other reviewers (whose reviews I should have looked at before getting carried away with the price) -- software wouldn't install in Windows, Sabrent support has yet to respond to my plea for help a week after I contacted them, and won't work under Linux. Based on my prior experiences with this retailer having all been great, I'll buy here again, but NEVER a Sabrent product.

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This is an older product, so it works much better with the OS and drivers that were most prevalent in 2005, namely Windows XP. I bought two, one for me, another for a colleague. The problems are with Vista, especially with the 64-bit version. I have not yet got that working, as instructions are lacking and the tech support is so far not that good. Definitely a good value for the money.

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Product worked just fine on my Acer laptop running XP. The only setback was the antenna that comes with the tuner,the reception was bad. Connected it to the house antenna and works like a charm. I get all of the digital channels in the area. Well worth the price.

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it works well 72 channels. i used nero8 home it works better then the program they sent. well worth the money spent.

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I got this because I am moving cross country soon and didnt want to buy a TV to haul. I couldnt get it to work at all. It was tried on two machines running different operating systems and with three different antennas. Nothing I did made it function. Unlike others, it didnt lock up my machines. It just didnt get a single channel.

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good product to picup local digital on your laptop anywhere. as long as there is a digital channel in range, clear reception on your laptop. It can't be blamed for what is not there.

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Actually it worked for the first week, but then it stopped. Reistallation was blocked by mfg. software, tech support had no solution, and it's not heavy enough for a paperweight.

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Installed it on my new Acer Aspire one netbook on Windows XP, and everything on it worked fine. The unit has a built-in infared sensor that communicates with the included remote; and this worked fine. The included battery in the remote was fresh as well. I hooked it up to my powered rabbit-ear antennae and it picked up 26 digital HD TV channels. Everything worked just perfectly. I initially shied away from this product after reading the negative reviews, then much later -after almost buying several others- came back to it and took a gamble: obviously the product works perfectly fine. Maybe the company fixed all previous problems, or maybe they had quality control problems, that caused all the negative reviews; but mine works just fine.

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I wish I could rave about this product...but, I can't. The disc that came with the product-which had the software/drivers on it, never worked. Came complete with error message. I went to the Sabrent site, and printed out manual directions. Still, nothing. I've contacted Sabrent via their website, asking simply for a new disc--have not heard one word back. They do offer drivers to download on their website, unfortunately, I'm a military member serving in Iraq right now, and the internet service- when I have access to it-- isn't fast enough for the download. I can only say that I certainly do NOT recommend this product or this company to anyone.

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I WAS UNABLE TO GET THIS TO WORK WITH MY NEW COMP.RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX.I FOLLOWED ALL INSTRUCTIONS STEP-BY-STEP,BUT IN VAIN.IT WOULD KEEP LOCKING-UP MY COMP.BUT,IN IT'S DEFENSE, I TRIED ANOTHER BRAND AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM,SO IT MAY BE AN ISSUE WITH MY NEW COMP.SET-UP.

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got this, can't get it to work

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I was unsure about this product after reading all the post, but after buying it, it really works, but had to do some research. The software that comes doesn't work well, so I downloaded kmplayer that is free and easier to work on. The remote,needs infrared port on the computer, it's not included. The redio works, but have to be setup. Haven't made it work with CADTV just CATV. Resolution decent but no HD.

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I had a little trouble with setting it up but once set up it worked great. I am getting both analog and HD stations. I think the antenna could be better. The one it comes with is pretty small. I have mine hooked to cable and once I got ahold of what format my cable company was using, I got the free HD programming. All in all, I would give it about 4 and 1/2 stars. It would be 5 but the box says FM radio and there is nothing with the included software that had anything to with radio.

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I used this with XP - tried both a "xp home" laptop and an "xp pro" laptop. Same results with either. There seems to be a bug in the station search - it may get "stuck" and come back with few or no stations. The only way to fix is to change to analog and back to digital. This happens at otherr times too. The analog is essentailly unusable. ut who cares - it wil be gone in two weeks. Besides that bug - which is probably in the software - it seems to work fine and actually records quite well to disk. Performance is similar to a DTV convertor box I bought - so I guess it is ok. But NOT with the supplied antennas. They are essentially useless. But that is the nature of DTV - not this unit. You need a reasonable antenna even if you are sitting in Atlanta like I am. I was able to get some reception with the magnetic base antenna IF mounted on a large metal object for "ground" I guess.

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Could not make it work on cable. Instructions inadequate to say the least. Technical support for the birds.

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analog works fairly well, June 12 it won't. digital not at all,don't work at all with Windows media player! the software does not come with it! spend more get more

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Remote arrived with dead battery. Seller refuses to assist. Sabrent said a replacement was on the way LAST MONTH.