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<blockquote data-quote="altytesty" data-source="post: 560798" data-attributes="member: 100487">No you should not stay away. Please purchase and feel and understand the pain of a USB tuner, then leave a detailed review every place you go on the poor quality of whateverusb tuner you purchase.I've tried MULTIPLE usb tuners, NONE of them get all of the OTA ATSC channels, period. Pop in a hauppauge pci or pci-e card, and all channels come in immediately.How to test this?Simple, use a splitter from your antenna, send one cable to your HDTV's built in tuner and one to the usb tuner.Tune channels on your HDTV, and notice how many you have.Tune on USB in any software you want, and you will NOT get all channels. If you do, then youre in an area with limited channels, not over 60 like me.Every single PCI or PCI-e card I've ever tried has worked at getting all channels.Also, first time I tried MP i went crazy because it wasn't working, took out usb, popped in pci, and all was well.I picked up some diamond/ati usb tuners, and the drivers don't even update. #2, they do NOT reply to any questions regarding reception #3 they try and blame reception on antennas in their FAQs....but as a simple test as described will show, it is the unit, not the antennaI've tried 5 different brands of usb tuners, the current one I'm using doesn't get all channels, but it gets enough for me to see if MP can run stable...and wait for a better price on a 2250 or equivalent.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="altytesty, post: 560798, member: 100487"] No you should not stay away. Please purchase and feel and understand the pain of a USB tuner, then leave a detailed review every place you go on the poor quality of whatever usb tuner you purchase. I've tried MULTIPLE usb tuners, NONE of them get all of the OTA ATSC channels, period. Pop in a hauppauge pci or pci-e card, and all channels come in immediately. How to test this? Simple, use a splitter from your antenna, send one cable to your HDTV's built in tuner and one to the usb tuner. Tune channels on your HDTV, and notice how many you have. Tune on USB in any software you want, and you will NOT get all channels. If you do, then youre in an area with limited channels, not over 60 like me. Every single PCI or PCI-e card I've ever tried has worked at getting all channels. Also, first time I tried MP i went crazy because it wasn't working, took out usb, popped in pci, and all was well. I picked up some diamond/ati usb tuners, and the drivers don't even update. #2, they do NOT reply to any questions regarding reception #3 they try and blame reception on antennas in their FAQs....but as a simple test as described will show, it is the unit, not the antenna I've tried 5 different brands of usb tuners, the current one I'm using doesn't get all channels, but it gets enough for me to see if MP can run stable...and wait for a better price on a 2250 or equivalent. [/QUOTE]

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