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August PC/Laptop USB Freeview/HDTV Receiver - Silver - Vista Compatible
 
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August PC/Laptop USB Freeview/HDTV Receiver - Silver - Vista Compatible

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Technical Details

  • USB 2.0 digital Freeview TV receiver with remote control
  • Watch over 30 Freeview TV channels on your PC or laptop
  • Listen to over 20 digital radio stations
  • Plug & play, powered by USB port
  • Supports playback of DVD disks
  • Timeshifting and Electronics Program Guide
  • Universal and regional channel scan
  • Real-time and schedule recording
  • Mini antenna provided for watching TV where the signal is very strong
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  • Product Dimensions: 10 x 5 x 10 cm ; 200 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 454 g
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  • Item model number: DVB-T201-S
  • ASIN: B000IM5VOA
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 29 Nov 2006
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (88 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,391 in Electronics & Photo (See Bestsellers in Electronics & Photo)

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Product Description

What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision

4 Stars...very good pictures and sound, easy to use, an intuitive recorder


Product Description

This AUGUST USB Freeview HDTV Receiver is a "magic wand" as it can turn your laptop or desktop computer to a high definition personal multimedia centre that allows you to watch over 30 free digital channels, listen to over 20 digital radio stations, record your favourite TV programmes on your hard drive or burn it onto a DVD. It comes with a professional and user friendly software interface, mini antenna and remote control. All you need to do is to plug the device into a USB port of your computer, insert the CD and install the software by following the instructions. Your computer will start working immediately for you as a portable TV and recorder. You can watch TV programmes live or record onto your hard drive to watch later. An indoor antenna is provided to watch Freeview in the areas where the signal is strong, an amplified antenna may improve reception and a rooftop aerial should be used in some regions. An aerial adaptor is also provided for you to connect this device to your roof top aerial. Please note that there may be difficulty to receive freeview TV signal by the included portable antenna in some areas where the signal is not sufficiently strong. This is due to that the freeview service (www.freeview.co.uk) in the UK does not fully support portable TV antenna at present. The reception will be improving along with the progress of Digital Switchover Program(http://www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk). A signal amplifier or booster may improve reception capability in regions where the signal is marginally strong. (please note that reception capability may also be affected by various factors such as proximity to freeview TV/digital radio transmitters, tall building structures, thick walls, ceilings and etc.). A rooftop TV aerial may be required to watch freeview channels in regions where the signal is insufficient for a portable antenna.

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64 of 67 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Such a great product my colleagues are buying it too !, 10 Aug 2007
By Mr. D. Grindey - See all my reviews
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Knowing reception for Freeview services in my area is poor anyway (Poole) I was relieved when it discovered 9 channels first time; BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, ITV2+1, and a few others. (I use non-Sub Sky so not sure what Freeview provides generally in my area). However, I had read on here (prior to purchase) recommendations about placing on a metal plate. So I put it on a baking tray (!) and got 19 channels, but ITV1 and C4 were still elusive.
Resolved to take it to work (Bournemouth) and try again where reception may be greater. Not too good in the office at first, so went into the car park and stuck the aerial on a lead (metal) watertank the size of a transport container. 53 channels !!!! Now getting Sky sports news, E4+1, Sky Three, Five, Five US, CBeebies, Hits TV all those TV shopping channels (!!!), All the BBC digital stations, Radio Clyde all sorts.
Came back to the office and stuck the aerial horizontally to my (metal) desk drawer. 32 channels, lost a few Five related ones... no ITV1 or C4 though.
The HDTV software is really good for a bundled offering, being quite feature rich and simple to use, and once the signal is locked pciture quality is easily good enough for the larger laptop or monitor screens. The push-fit connector for the supplied aerial is a little weak in design IMO and would benefit from some form of bayonet fitting to ensure a good connection.
That said as others have, it is reception sensitive and the aerial is very much affected by objects around it, including people.
If I could get ITV1 and C4 in addition to the others my evaluation would have been complete, but Freeview often states that all channels are not available in all areas so there's a case for buyer beware.
But at this price I thought it was worth the risk, and I believe it is a top gadget/product if you appreciate it's limitations.
And now I've shown my colleagues they'll probably buy up the rest of the current stock.
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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars This is a great device... probably, 30 Dec 2006
By Gordz (Cheshire, England) - See all my reviews
As i live in the middle of the countryside the small ariel provided obviously had no effect. So, i hooked it up to the main arial, and although it's freeview aswell, it could only find about 10channels. So, I then connected it to a signal booster aswell, and it managed around 30 odd channels, but still not the amount that i was used to with freeview connected to a normal tv.
The channels that i did get where really clear and actually very good quality. But, the really annoying thing was that i only got two of the terestrial channels, bbc 1 + 2, and just a lot of the annoying channels like shopping etc instead.
On the plus side, the recording feature and being able to pause the live tv works really well. But, and there's always a but with this, if you do plan to record a programme, make sure you've got a huge hard disk. Because although it records at a very good quality, to dvd standard so it states, it also takes up a lot of room on your hard disk and slows your computer right down.
So all in all this is a good idea, but probably best for people who live in cities and have very high spec computers with alot of ram and hard disk space.
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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars In the Forces, 14 Feb 2007
By I. S. Thompson - See all my reviews
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If you are in the forces you can quite happily watch BFBS in Iraq/Afghanistan with this item. It is a bit cheap and cheerful, to be honest I will keep it during my time in theatre but at the end of tour I will be selling it on. I would recommend you spent a couple of quid more and bought the freecom verson which has an extendable antenna to improve reception.
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