Although RCA's been noticed most recently for its
Lrya portable media players, the company is reportedly aiming to release a travel-friendly TV tuner in non-dongle form. Breaking the
USB-stick mold, the tabletop MPC4000 tuner will pull in
HD OTA broadcasts as well as standard definition signals, and even boasts an optional clip-on antenna for those out-of-the-way hotel stops. Weighing just two ounces, the device shouldn't be too burdensome in your trusty knapsack, and the USB 2.0 connector allows it to play nice on any notebook or PC (sorry,
Mac brethren). The included software will supposedly enable an on-screen channel guide, as well as turning your hard drive into a virtual PVR. The MPC4000 is slated to hit stores in April of next year for a slightly above average $199, but if you need to get your portable TV tuning on in the meantime, there's
plenty of
other options in the wild.
[Via
PVRWire]
posted Nov 13th 2006 5:31PM
now all i need is a laptop
What's wrong with that picture? The right side of the screen is taller than the left? Am I seeing this right?
@Andir
You are NOT seeing it right. I took a piece of paper and a pencil. Both sides are the same height. It is the slanted image you are viewing that is tricking your eyes.
Use Windex.
$199? Experience tells me that you shouldn't spend more than $10 on something made by RCA. Every RCA product I've ever bought has been a complete piece of crap; a TV, a LYRA flash DAP, a universal remote, etc. All of them have fallen apart, malfunctioned, or just never functioned correctly to start with. They've squandered any brand equity the RCA name ever had...
Nothing says "classy" more than a bunch of wires, clunky plastic parts, and a goofy-ass antenna.
What an unsightly mess.
Give me a tiny slab-shaped TV tuner with a carbon fiber exterior and a very small swiveling (or better yet, internal) antenna that communicates to my laptop via BT, and then you'll have something.
In the meantime, trash this piece of junk.