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A couple of mini-USB ATSC tuners - Artec T14A & FujuPlus FD-USB728
These little tiny ATSC slipped right under our radar. These are the first USB thumb-drive size ATSC tuners we have ever seen; we have peeped tons of DVB-T ones with jealous eyes till now. The first one is by Artec (T14A) and has just an ATSC tuner and antenna port on the unit. They even include an adapter so you can plug a real antenna into it rather then that thin piece of aluminum they call an antenna. The second one is by FujuPlus (FD-USB728); they add a NTSC and QAM tuner to the mix. The first one is going for $89 bucks and the second for $99. Nice. We did dig up a AVS Forum thread that deals with the Artec if you want more info.We have been waiting for these little tuners for a while...now if they could only work with OS X.Read:Artec T14A FujuPlus (FD-USB728)
Ask HD Beat: Does MCE support QAM
Reader and listener Big Sam writes in and asks: Am I clear that WMCE does not support QAM (and probably will not until Vista)? Are there any hacks or workarounds? I want to stream it to my Xbox 360. Does that new dual tuner TiVo support QAM? Thanks. Sam's problem is that despite our help OTA doesn't work well for him, but he does have access to QAM programming via his local cable company. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but even though QAM is supported by his capture card he still can't record and stream HD to his Xbox 360. Yes Sam the new Series3 TiVo supports QAM and OTA channels. Unfortunately I have bad news, there is no good solution until Microsoft decides to support QAM in MCE. There are two work around neither are very elegant.
