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July 15th, 2008 13:00

external tv tuner and digital channels?

With my HDTV in the other room, I can get basic cable, but I can get the free digital channels also. On my laptop, I have the Angel USB2 TV Tuner (external) and I can watch normal cable channels. Am I able to tune to those digital channels?
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    Posted July 15th, 2008 17:00

    The Angel external USB TV tuner available from Dell is NTSC (analog) only. I does not receive ATSC (digital).
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    Posted July 15th, 2008 18:00

    To quote Darth Vader..."Noooooooooooooo!"

     

    Right now all the channels (NTSC) show up 4:3 on my 16:9 screen. So I think if the tuner did do ATSC, it would display ATSC channels to fill the screen.

     

    Well that stinks. Do you know of other places where NTSC/ATSC tuners are sold (other than Dell)?

     

    Thanks,

    Nate 

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    Posted July 15th, 2008 19:00

    Dell used to have a suitable product. However it doesn't show up for me anymore.

    You can buy the AltoEdge TVATSC330U here. The specs look good.

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