Thursday, July 29, 2004
VisionDTV USB-Ter
Posted by James Fee in "ARTICLE" @ 05:00 PM
"The VisionDTV USB-Ter should be a mobile professional's dream because it allows you to watch free-to-air digital TV programs and listen to digital radio stations on the move. It also supports time-shifting, allowing you to record programmes when you are away from your computer. To make the product more TV-like, an infrared remote control and aerial are also provided. Unfortunately, the software is prone to crashing and the supplied aerial is useless. It also lacks support for HDTV/AC3 playback and subtitling teletext, and only supports real-time MPEG-2 compression, so you can rule out recording to AVI, DivX or VCD. The software's also prone to crashing and timeout errors. Used at home with a decent aerial and reception the VisionDTV USB-Ter works relatively well, but you're unlikely to be able to watch anything on the move, which defeats the key selling point of the device."
If you've ever wanted to watch over the air TV on your laptop, the VisionDTV would seem to be a great choice, but a poor reception capability and a lack HDTV support probably make this not the best solution.
If you've ever wanted to watch over the air TV on your laptop, the VisionDTV would seem to be a great choice, but a poor reception capability and a lack HDTV support probably make this not the best solution.
