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73 of 76 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
This review is from: August DVB-T201 PC/Laptop USB Freeview TV Receiver & Recorder - Silver (Electronics)
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 39 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
This is a great device... probably, 30 Dec 2006
This review is from: August DVB-T201 PC/Laptop USB Freeview TV Receiver & Recorder - Silver (Electronics)
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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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Useless TV receiver, 27 Feb 2009
This review is from: August DVB-T201 PC/Laptop USB Freeview TV Receiver & Recorder - Silver (Electronics)
This product was badly let down by the software that came with it.The instructions were vague and it was not clear if the driver had been installed or not.The software caused my laptop to grind to a virtual halt and the 'support'was a waste of space. I returned the item to Amazon and purchase a cheaper one that worked fine. Do not buy this item!
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