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Well I don’t think I could justify one just watching the
TV programs. However, if you have a DVD writer, you have the means
to record TV programmes and Films to Hard disk and then edit and
write them to DVD. This is also true of high quality digital radio.
The
TV can be operated whilst carrying other simple tasks, like word
processing. Graphic editing does cause some intermittent display
problems.
There
are three display modes in two formats. Wide and normal. You can
leave the Window in it’s default with controls on the side
panel. Or you can elect to have the entire Window showing you
TV Program.
Finally you can elect to have you full screen display showing
the TV program.
In
this format you have a potentially high quality TV to watch. In
my case a 17” LCD flat TV. This would cost me about £250
as a stand alone unit. As part of my PC I have TV, Digital Radio
and very sophisticated video recorder.
When
you install the software scans the channels and tunes to all available
TV and Radio Stations.
In
my installation the computer sound connects to a Tehcnics 70W
Stereo Amp and speakers so I can really do justice to the quality
of sound available.
The
only down side is that me “Play Room” is not the best
place to relax and view.
The
photo shows the full screen display on my ProView LCD monitor.
As
yet I have not played with the recording facility. When I have
had some experience I will share it with you.
Verdict.
Unless you are a gadget freak like me, don’t buy yet. These
units are bound to come down in price. Don’t be fooled into
buying an analogue version. They do not have much of a future.
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