Hi,

Figure that some of you folks would likely know something about this.

Those really cheap USB Dongles that apparently allow one to watch TV on
their PC's:

The ones on Amazon, and elsewhere, all seem to be for European TV formats.

Are there any that would work with the conventional U.S. TV formats ?

If so, Brand, Model, etc. ?

Thanks,
Bob

Google,,, cnet.com USB dongles for watching TV on PC

Google,,, FCC to allow digital cable service encryption Whether that will affect USB dongles for watching TV on PC,or not, I am not smart enough to know. I have Comcast Xfinity triple play, TV and Telephone and Internet.

"Bob" wrote in message ...

Hi,

Figure that some of you folks would likely know something about this.

Those really cheap USB Dongles that apparently allow one to watch TV on
their PC's:

The ones on Amazon, and elsewhere, all seem to be for European TV formats.

Are there any that would work with the conventional U.S. TV formats ?

If so, Brand, Model, etc. ?

Thanks,
Bob


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Bob wrote:

The ones on Amazon, and elsewhere, all seem to be for European TV formats.


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Bob wrote:
Hi,

Figure that some of you folks would likely know something about this.

Those really cheap USB Dongles that apparently allow one to watch TV on
their PC's:

The ones on Amazon, and elsewhere, all seem to be for European TV formats.

The magic keyword is ATSC. There are three formats for transmission, the
data streams are all variations on MPEG-TS data.

Europe and most of the world uses DVB-T and the improved DVB-T2, the
US chose ATSC based on the main criteria it was NOT DVB-T compatible,
and there is another incompatible format used in Japan.

Due to patent licensing issues, the really cheap ones will never be ATSC
compatible until someone in China produces them "under the table" (probably
a few years off).

As a comparison, DX.com has them for around $30, while DVB-T ones start
nder $15. eBay has similar prices.

Geoff.


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(sent to me by a friend)

A couple of other thingys, igugu.com and catchthewavetv.com or do some Googles for them. Seeeee, what it T'IS, y'all oughts to try out those devices and then let doggy and I know if they are any Good. And also Free To Air TV. http://www.lyngsat.com See can you get ahold of Bill Richardson in Evansville,Indiana. He knows about Free Tto Air TV. No monthly fees with Free To Air TV. Google it.