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Brand:	August
Mfr Part Number:	DVB-T201
Tuner Technology:	Digital TV
Additional Features:	Use your computer as a Hard Disk TV/DVD recorder, Support playback of DVD disks, Listen to over 20 digital radio stations, System Requirements:, USB 2.0 Port / Windows XP or 2000 or Vista / CPU 800 MHz or higher / Memory 256 MB or more / VGA 8 MB RAM

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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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Boxed-product Weight: 141 g
Item model number: DVB-T201-B
ASIN: B0017TJG6M
Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 15 April 2008

Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,189 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
#21 in Computers & Accessories > External Devices & Data Storage > External TV Tuners

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4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, depending on ...., 10 July 2008

By	matt (london) - See all my reviews

This review is from: August DVB-T201B PC/Laptop USB Freeview TV Receiver & Recorder - Black (Electronics)

August PC/Laptop USB Freeview/HDTV Receiver - Black (Star Winner from 'What Hi-Fi', 'What Video' & 'Active Home' Magazines) - Vista Compatible

Brought this as a gift for my father and tested it out before I gave it to him. I tested the device in two locations with two different aerials and the results were very variable.

Tested at work with supplied aerial, 3rd floor near a window. I could not receive any channnel's at all, very disappointing. Tested at home, again with the supplied aerial. This time I got 9 channels but some were the radio stations.

When I plugged this into my household aerial however the results were much better. Device found 66 channels, all the major TV stations and with excellent picture quality.

The supplied software seems ok, it has an EPG and allows you to record TV straight to MPEG 2 files. It did slow down a bit on my work windows XP machine but that could have been down to the PC itself (quite an old model).

Although I only did a few quick tests of this thing I was overall quite impressed. The only problems I had came from using the supplied aerial. I would probably advice anyone to through it out straight away. Investing a further �10 in a better quality portable aerial would be a very wise investment.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great price, great device, 1 Aug 2008

By	P. O'Neill (Staffordshire) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: August DVB-T201B PC/Laptop USB Freeview TV Receiver & Recorder - Black (Electronics)

First of all, the supplied antenna was no use at all, but no surprises there. I got no channels using that, when I used the adapter and plugged it into my main antenna however, I got 70 services. The picture quality wasn't quite a match for my TV, but it wasn't a million miles away.

Secondly, the supplied software isn't particuarly inspiring. It gets the job done but in a rough around the edges kind of way. If your a Vista user I strongly recommend using Windows Media Centre instead; you can't use the supplied remote but the picture quality and EPG are far superior.

Overall, a great bit of kit for the price, highly recommended.

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing kit, 2 July 2008

By	Katey (Hertford) - See all my reviews

This review is from: August DVB-T201B PC/Laptop USB Freeview TV Receiver & Recorder - Black (Electronics)

This is an amazing device and I really love it. It is very impressive that such a tiny device can turn a laptop to a digital TV and recorder. Very easy to set up, simply install the driver and Blaze player, then scan for channels, it is a shame I can not get any channels use the small antenna provided where I live, although I am prepared for it after reading other people's review, but no problem to get channels with my roof top aerial. The remote is very handy and gives me more freedom to control the programs.

The only annoy thing is that the Blaze player keeps asking me to register when I have already done it. Contacted the August technical team and have been told I need to run the Blaze as administrator because I am using Vista and then register again. After that everything seems fine.

Over all, very happy about this item, excellent value for money.

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