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Artec USB Digital TV ATSC Tuner With Artec HDTV Flat Antenna, T14A, Watch FOA HD TV On PC, Live / Scheduled Video Recording (PVR), Retail Pack
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Artec USB Digital TV ATSC Tuner With Artec HDTV Flat Antenna, T14A, Watch FOA HD TV On PC, Live / Scheduled Video Recording (PVR), Retail Pack

Manufacturer Part # T14A

You can download the driver at: http://www.artectv.com/Service_e/nl/home/drivers.htm

FAQ of Digital tuner:

1. Q:what antenna is required?
A: You can use any antenna to connect to this tuner, like regular UHF/VHF antenna. This enclosed HD antenna is rather good.

2. Q:How to capture more digital channels with strong signals?
A: It is all about Direction and location. Pointing antenna to different direction to test the receiption and for sure you will get better signals when you place the antenna outdoor or near the windows.

3. Q:Will i get 1080i or 720P video through this tuner?
A: yes. All PC and laptop LCD monitor has higher resolution than 720P.

4. Q: How many Over the Air HD channels in my area?
A: Go to antennaweb.org and input your address. You will see all the digital and alanog channnels available in your area.

Description
With this FCC approved and Microsoft certified Artec T14A Mini USB 2.0 Digital TV Tuner, you can now turn your PC or laptop into HD Digital TV anytime, anywhere with no cost! Simply connect the TV Tuner into your USB port with the USB extension cable and antenna provided, and install the software required - and you are ready to view HDTV. Please check system requirements before purchasing to ensure your PC or laptop supports this function.

Features and Benefits
  • Supports ATSC Digital TV recording
  • USB2.0 High Speed Interface Designed for HDTV
  • Digital Terrestrial TV and Radio Program Play
  • Channel Autoscan at 6 MHz
  • EPG (Electronic Program Guide)
  • "On-the-Fly Decoding" software technique (Auto-update channel information)
  • Portable Device without any extra power required
Specifications
  • Key Features
    Supports US DTV Standard ATSC Protocol
    USB 2.0 High Speed Interface
    Free to Air Digital Terrestrial TV and Audio Program Playing
    Automatic Channel Scanning
    EPG (Electronic Program Guide)
    Aspect Ratio 4:3 & 16:9
    Scalable Screen for Multitask or Full Screen View
    Mini Portable Device without Extra Power Required
  • Extended Features with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE)
    Live / Scheduled Personal Video Recording (PVR)
    Time Shifting for Missing Episode
    14-Day TV-Guide (Internet Access Required for Update)
    Best Partner for Digital Home Electronic Entertainment
  • Basic System Requirements for Standard DTV
    Desktop or Notebook Computer
    Microsoft Windows Vista / or
    Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 / or
    Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 / or
    Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE)
    P3 2.0 GHZ or above
    512MB RAM or above
    VGA Card with at least 64MB Memory
    Sound Card or On-board Sound Chip
    Microsoft Direct X 9.0b or above (Auto-updated from Driver CD)
    Digital Terrestrial TV Antenna (Included in Package)
    One USB 2.0 Port
  • Special System Requirements for HDTV function
    P4 3.0 GHZ CPU or above
    512M RAM or above
    VGA card with at least 128MB memory
  • Tuner
    Input Terminal: 75 Ohm Male F Connector
    Receiving Frequency: 42 ~ 862 MHz
    Support MCPC and SCPC
  • 8 VSB De-Modulator
    Fully ATSC Compliant
    ATSC A/53 compliant 8/16VSB
    Integrated 10-bit A/D converter
    All digital demodulation
  • Forward Error Correction (FEC)
    Fully ATSC Compliant
    Bandwidth: 6 MHZ
  • DTV A/V Format
    Video format: MPEG-II Main Profile & Main Level
    Video Resolution: Standard SDTV and HDTV
    Audio format: MPEG-II Audio layer I & II, Dolby Digital AC-3
  • USB Interface
    Universal Serial Bus 2.0 Standard
    Digital Transport Stream Support
    A Type USB Male Connector
  • Software and Hardware Capabilities
    Microsoft WHQL Certified Driver
    Software Upgradeable
  • Power Consumption: Less Than (<) 2.3W
  • Operation Temperature: Room Temperature
  • Safety Regulation: FCC Approved
  • Dimensions ( W x D x H ): 72(W ) x30.5 (D) x 14.4(H)mm
Package includes:

  • Artec T14A Mini USB 2.0 ATSC Digital TV Tuner Dongle
  • Portable HD antenna with Adapter 
  • USB Extension Cable
  • Updated New Driver and Utility CD
  • User Manual/Quick Installation Guide

    Tester's Review

    Installed this digital tuner box with enclosed HD Antenna in East Los Angles Area, California and i got the following free digital channels over the air with great picture quality:

    2-1 KCBS-DT 1080i
    4-1 NBC-4LA 1080i
    4-2 WX-Plus NBC Weather 480i
    4-4 RawNews 480i
    5-1 KTLA-DT 1080i
    5-5 TheTube Music Video 24/7 480i
    7-1 KABC-DT ABC in HD 720P
    7-2 KABC-SD 480i
    7-3 KABC-WN Weather 480i
    9-1 KCAL-DT KCAL9 1080i
    11-1 KTTV-DT FOX11 720P
    13-1 KCOP-DT 720P
    18-1 LA18-DT 480i
    18-2 LAXTRA 480i
    18-3 FUN 480i
    22-1 KWHY-DT 480i
    28-1 KCET HD 1080i
    28-2 KCET SD 480i
    28-3 KCET Vm 480i
    30-1 ION 480i
    30-2 qubo 480i
    30-3 ION Life 480i
    30-4 Worship 480i
    34-1 KMEX-DT 480i
    44-1 KXLA-DT 480i
    44-2 KVMD-DT 480i
    46-1 KFTR-DT 480i
    50-1 KOCE HD 1080i
    50-2 KOCE SD 480i
    50-3 KOEC OC 480i
    52-1 KVEA-DT 480i
    54-1 KAZA-DT 480i
    56-1 KDOC-DT 480i
    58-1 KLCS-DT LA 480i

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    It comes with Artec ATSC tuner, HDTV antenna, USB extension, and software/driver. -Good quality built product. -EXCELLENT Antenna. This is a great buy and product.The tuner is small and the flat antenna is excellent (first antenna ive seen with RG6 cable). This antenna beat my $30 bucks antenna.I live in Orange County area. I can pickup 41 channel easily without setting up the antena properly. Overall, great product and excellent antenna.
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    		Kevin on 5/7/2009
    I tried this on both a XP & Vista machine and it seems to work better on a Vista machine. It picks up all of the channels clearly and has a minor software bug where sometimes it hangs (when you click too many of the controls too fast). This is fixed by killing the processes (both the remote & dtv app) via task manager and restarting the application. Would I recommend this? Yes. It is very convenient for watching TV on your computer. I was thinking about buying another TV, but bought this instead. Great deal for $33. Be careful of the USB DTV tuner as it gets very hot when in use. I taped the antenna to the wall as high as I could using masking tape and it seems to do the trick; no need to use the included antenna stand.
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    		Allen on 5/27/2009
    Works fine but with another antenna. The one supplied is too small and does not get as many channels ss it should.
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    		Luis Menoyo on 7/11/2009
    Excellent product. The antenna is very strong. Picked 9 channels in my area. Worth $$
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    		KS on 7/9/2009
    NOt worth the trouble of the installation.
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    		Dave on 8/13/2009
    HD Tuner is good but the antena that came with the tuner isn't.
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    		Tim on 8/10/2009
    Works as advertised
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    		mike boone on 10/17/2009
    drivers for vista stink, asked for refund, didn't hear anything from meritline
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    		rhandley on 10/17/2009
    This little thing does its job and that's awesome. What isn't awesome is the could-afford-to-be-longer cable that connects the antenna to the USB device. And the antenna itself is weird; it doesn't work near a window but gets channels perfectly fine being taped underneath an end table. Also, don't bother with the software that comes with the device. Install the drivers but use something like Windows Media Center for the TV viewing. Works wonderfully that way. Either way, the channels that come in are in beautiful HD quality and now that I found the right spot, almost no static gets through. Like I said, it does its job and that's all I need it to do.
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    		Jesse Moreno on 10/6/2009
    Caused my digital graphics driver to crash.
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    		Don on 10/5/2009
    bought this 2 months ago. the antenna is very weak and I bought another one so that I can get more channels, but thats not the main problem. the main problem is the drive/software had been identified by norton 360 which contains a trojan horse : ischedule.exe file, I tried many ways to totally uninstall and re-install again, but still got the same warning from 360. At the end, I am not willing to rish my computer for this, so I gave it up.
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    		ray on 8/30/2009
    I bought for about $35. I would say it's worth the money. It installed quickly and easily on my Lenovo T61 work laptop running XP SP2. I live in the Portland, OR metro area and it picked up about 25 - 30 channels; all very clear. My mom lives in a very rural area and it picks up nothing. So do your research before buying. Software did more than I expected for the price. It can record, etc. I just use it to watch TV live and do time shifting. The USB adapter seems solidly built. The antenna works well, and folds up flat; not super small, but portable. I would buy it again.
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    		LLO on 10/30/2009
    Not very strong. poor reception. Just more junk
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    		Dave on 10/2/2009
    Great little product for the price. Love that it includes the antenna. I live about 50 miles from TV broadcasts, and the little antenna picked up many (but not all) stations. I am looking to hook it up to my old outdoor antenna to see what I can eventually get. The software seems to work okay, though I am not giving it much of a workout. The documentation could be better, so be prepared to play with it. Also, it gets a bit hot.
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    		Mike H on 9/7/2009
    Great Product. Excellent quality of pictures. The antenna is catching 33 channels for me in Edison area. I would certainly recommend it to others.
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    		Sujit Mahapatra on 8/30/2009
    Works Great Pulls all Local channels, Picture quality is good...
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    		SKU on 8/9/2009
    Will the tuner capture Analog channel also? I need it while I am abroad, and some countries still use only analog signal.
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    		Someone on 7/30/2009
    Supper fast shipping and very helpfull if you have any question or concern.
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    		Kiet Nguyen on 5/27/2009

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    		Anonymous User on 1/19/2008
    extremely glitch install. antivirus detected 2 Trojans, tried letting virus program block but TV did not work so I let it in. after install tried to scan for channels and locks up. after 3 tries got to work. impressed with reception for little antenna! don’t know what the other reviews want! ( satellite TV? ). this was w/ XP. tried on VISTA and so for no go. just want for emergencies like hurricanes if dish is down. would like for doctors appointments when I sit staring at wall or an hour or two so guna try laptop again.
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    		paul on 11/18/2009
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