Hauppauge Wintv-950q usb tv tuner

[Dogman]

I know some here think TV is radioactive, but also others here are not afraid to utilize all resources available to keep up with what is happening.

Especially during storms when local services are out or traveling and are away from the grid.

I have owned this usb tuner now for several years and at least for me, it has worked very well. I have used it many times during power outages when gen power was not quite yet needed and also when camping/fishing just for the hell of it.

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/produc...a_hvr950q.html

I also use the extend feature so if the mood strikes me when I am outside kicking back to watch the news and stuff on my nexus 7 tablet over my home wireless network being in absolute too lazy to move mode in a lawn chair outside.

The included antenna is a semi joke but it does work for local stations in a 20 or so mile radius area.

With this

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o00_s00

Stations in Shreveport 70 miles or so away are good to go.

Just a thought for they that may want to expand what they can do with their laptops when on the move or desktops when one is in lollygagging mode or the power is out and radios are just so old school!



And the really neat thing is no dedicated tv is needed, just giving your computer another job to do. So when not needed just pack the dongle away with the antenna, in my case in my laptop bag.

BTW..

It works world wide as far as standards go.

It also has allowed me to digitize/transcode some of my vcr and camcorder tapes that I really cared about keeping, which we all know vcr tapes wear ever time they are played.

With the external input cable, it can accept most everything analog to convert to digital for playback or recording.

And all of it an fit into a pocket,!

And the newer one is supposed to be even more sensitive the 955q. I have amazed many people by turning my laptop or installing the software on their systems into a tv set with this handy tool. !

Which I view it as a handy tool !

Boggles their minds..