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Joe Murphy Jr

In Reply to: RE: need tuners for monitors posted by blue_z on September 05, 2011 at 19:12:42

For people who don't want to rent boxes from the cable company, there is a market. Not huge, but it's there.

A tuner is a specialty item? Not even close and here's why. Want an NTSC tuner? Just use a VCR or DVD recorder. How cheap are those these days? People are giving them away. Want an NTSC/ATSC tuner? Not a problem, as you can find them for under $70 as an STB or for even less if you get the "connect to a computer" types. However, throw in QAM and you get screwed (ie; add at least $100 more to the price).

Remember, a brand new 24" 1080p LCD HDTV capable of NTSC/ATSC/QAM signals was advertised for $169. The least expensive tuner that accepts NTSC/ATSC/QAM signals is also $169. Think about that for more than a second.

Economies of scale? Give me a break. More like economies of screwing.

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your ranting might be rewarded - blue_z 18:00:22 09/07/11 (1)
> Want an NTSC tuner? Just use a VCR or DVD recorder.

Thought we were discussing *standalone* tuners, AKA STBs.

It's not $75 used but the Mygica LDA-9000 at $100 seems to meet all of your other criteria. It's targeted at the computer market, rather than consumer electronics.
- Mygica LDA-9000 at Amazon.com (Open in New Window)
- that's $35 more than the $65 it's not worth - Joe Murphy Jr 22:38:55 09/07/11 (0)
  It was only $65 from meritline.com, so I tried it. Sent it back because it doesn't tune to any of the digital channels that the cable company provides. None of them. I guess the part of that tuner that is QAM should be labeled SQAM. I have two televisions and two tuners that get at least 30 "free" digital channels (SD, HD and music) from the cable company.
  
  As for the VCR/DVD Recorder reference, I don't recall any STBs that were NTSC only.

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