VGA HD AV Cable Xbox 360 Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased these cables (shipped from Vista Gaming Products) to use my Xbox360 with my Dell 24" 2405FPW Monitor.I was using some component cables before and the picture quality was good at 720p but I wanted to see what it looked like with the VGA cables.

Immediately the picture was softer looking and sort of blurry with a ghost image.I went through and tried all the different display settings in the 360 menus and on the monitor and the picture stayed the same way, a ghost image off to the right and a softer looking picture.I tried wiggling the connector ends to see if I could get it better on both the monitor side and the 360 side but had no luck.

These are just thin, cheaply made cables unlike the other better quality cables.I suggest spending a few more dollars on some better cables so you aren't throwing your money away like I did.

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Gamers can experience high-definition gaming on flat-panel TV or VGA monitors. It provides optimal audio and video signal transfer. Gamers can experience high-definition gaming on flat-panel TV or VGA monitors. It provides optimal audio and video signal transfer. Features: DV-155 Standard VGA Connector Video output settings of 480p, 720p, or 1080i Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound output 8-foot-long shielded cable.*** This is a brand new Item and it comes in a blister pack (This is a third party item) ***

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DIRECTV B Band Converter Module Review

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(More customer reviews)Why would someone buy these b-band converters when all you have to do is call 1-800-directv and ask for a few.They will ship them fedex to you for FREEEE!

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B-Band Converter: The H20 receiver includes the SUP-2400 B-Band Converter, which must be installed on the receiver. It has a threaded male F connector, and should be connected to the Satellite In coaxial jack on the back of the receiver. The converter also has a female coaxial input to receive the signal from the satellite dish. This converter up-converts the satellite signal transmitted in the Ka-band (250-750 MHz) into a 1650-2150 MHz useable signal. General Information: Manufacturer: DIRECTV. General Information: Manufacturer Part Number: SUP2400. General Information: Brand Name: DIRECTV. General Information: Product Name: B Band Converter Module. General Information: Product Type: Signal Converter. Miscellaneous: Additional Information: Up-converts the satellite signal transmitted in the Ka-band (250-750 MHz) into a 1650-2150 MHz useable signal. Miscellaneous: Compatibility: DIRECTV HDTV Satellite Receiver HR20 DIRECTV HDTV Satellite Receiver H20. . Technical Information: Frequency Range: 1650 MHz to 2150 MHz. Interfaces/Ports: Ports: 1 xF-type Male - Output, 1 xFemale - Input.

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Avertv HD DVR High Definition / Analog Video Capture Card PCIe MTVHDDVRR Review

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(More customer reviews)Ok my system specs are:
Gateway DX4200 1.8GHz QuadCore with ATI Radeon HD 3200 video card with 4 gig ram running windows vista x64

The card installed easily, it takes a pci-e slot so make sure that you do have a pci-e slot available.I also made sure my ATI video card had the latest drivers installed.

First, there is no windows Media Center (mce) interface offered for this card, they advertise that fact so no surprise there but dont mistake their Avermedia Center software for any resemblence of proper gui experience if you have used other media centers (MCE, XBMC, Mediaportal, Boxee, etc). It works but its lack of windows media center capability, its garish and harsh colors that burns the retina and lack of documentation (the included on disk user manual leaves much to be desired) makes the experience awkward and puzzling at times.You can eventually figure it out via trial and error...this effort however is on your time and dime.

Avermedia's defense for no windows mce interface is that Windows MCE only uses tuner devices and this is a capture device, but other products seem to have jumped that divide quite successfully (ex. Monsoon Hava product, Hauppauge HD PVR).I also understand that not all customers use windows media center or have access to it. But to limit your market potential (because thousands of mce users out there are looking for a reliable and robust high definition capture device) for lack of mce capability and having to rely on their proprietary bothersome and totally lacking software, I have to drop them a star on the review.

When I installed the software and ran the application, Live TV is fine, but I beleive they just dump that video stream straight to the video buffer, however when recording at 1080i the software playback was slightly jerky especially on camera pans in the scene.I reinstalled the shark codecs for vista to see if that made a difference, tried various resolutions in both the software and in the set top box (STB) and even down to 480p the video was jerky on playback and played with these differnt configurations for a few hours, but no joy even at the lowest of resolutions.After a while, when I tried to change the resolution back to higher value it was stuck at 480p and eventually the application froze and I could do nothing more.Couldn't change it and trying to rerun the wizard it just wouldnt reset, the software has no reset to default settings, I was essentially locked out. So I uninstalled the software and reinstalled it.

Voila! It worked fine then after the 2nd reinstallation...

I did have to set the resolution down to 720p with this second reinstall and that seemed fine for my hardware. If you consider this capture card you really should ensure that you have a pretty strong cpu if you want to record at 1080i....like a dual core 3 Ghz. I plan on no timeshifting or PIP functionality so that doesnt require stronger cpu.As the video encoding is handled via software you must use fairly strong pc.

I tested recording scheduled program and it started recording within a few seconds of the set time...just a little off by a few seconds.So you can schedule a day, time and duration of recording.But with no tuner interface or channel changing capability you must make sure that your STB is pre-tuned to the desired channel.

Overall the card performs as advertised...if you have a powerful enough pc and can stomach their software.I think it would be easy enough for them to include a color change palette capability in a future release...and hopefully a generic non-proprietary api driver that can be accessed by other windows programs.

I think most purchasers of this product should expect to record in 720p resolution unless they really have the cpu with the guts enough to handle this card.For my own reasons, it was my initial intention to record only in 720p so I am satisfied with that capability.

Update 3/22/2010
Been using this card now for over a month and with the setting of recording at 720p its recording movies off my cable box just fine.It seems to interfere with the Windows Media Center (MCE) running so I must ensure that MCE is disabled when setting up a recording.And also you need to be sure when recording that you have the Avertv Media Center up and running or the recording wont take place.I take the recorded mpg file in 720p format and run it through Windows Movie Maker to create wmv format file, its smaller size and the picture looks great.I still wish for MCE integration but this works ok as long as I run either the MCE or the Avertv Media center but not both at same time.

Also as a hint you may want to use smaller bitrates...you can use the reference bitrate standards either in Windows Movie Maker or google on the web.For example, I record at 720p at 6900 bitrate which matches Windows Movie Maker XBOX 360 720p High Definition.With this bitrate I can stream via wireless G to some media center extenders in remote rooms that dont have wired ethernet (aways try to use wired ethernet for streaming hi def) and the picture is not too bad.Update 3/28/2010
For some reason the Avermedia Center screen goes blank for the video source, you see the Avermedia center, you can access the controls and there is audio, but no video. Seems that I toggle the source selector from component to composite to s-video to component and so on a few times and that straightens it out.There is no rhyme or reason to this occurring, I have not installed any new software.Once I get it working again, it stays working, and is ok after that, but do not schedule a recording without confirming that you have video and are on the right channel, probably time for me to uninstall the software and reinstall it.

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The AVerTV HD DVR - is a High Definition / Analog video capture card. It's equipped with HDMI and through the included dongle cable, Component, S-Video and Composite Video input interface. Allowing users to connect to their Cable/Satellite Set-Top-Box, Gaming Console and HD Video recorders to capture High Definition and Analog video content on their to PC. The package includes our AVer MediaCenter software application with advance software encoding algorithm engine and built-in schedule recording features. Users can capture HD video,up to 1080i,and save it in MPEG 2 or H.264 file format (which can be use to playback under iPod or PSP gaming device) as well as program start and end times of TV shows from HD Cable/Satellite Set-Top-Box.

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Terk HDTVO Amplified HDTV Antenna Review

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(More customer reviews)I wasn't sure if I need a big antenna or not...the most distant station is 35 miles away...but one of the stations I wanted to receive shows in the Blue (on the antenna wheel) on [...].The Terk HDTVo shows it can handle signals out to the Blue area...so I bought it.Took me all of 30 minutes to attach it to my Dish Satellite mast (mounted it just a bit lower than the actual dish on my roof) and run the RG6 to my old Cable TV hook up outside the house.I let my Dish 811 receiver do a channel scan and every local station that is available in my area was captured.I clicked to each station and all but one of them comes in at 89-92 on the scale of 100.I have one weak channel which hovers between 69 and 72...but the picture is perfect.I can now watch HD channels for free with this great little antenna.I had considered the Wingard Square shooter and the Sensor 2200...but neither of those claimed to get a signal from the mid/far range (blue on the little antenna wheel on the box).The Terk delivered on it's range..in fact..the station that is the weakest is actually closer than the channel that I was worried about (I think the issue may be one channel is using less broadcasting wattage and it may be a bit off axis from the dead-center of the antenna).The only caution I can give with this antenna is, it is very directional.That means...all your TV station transmitters have to be in a very narrow corridor for this antenna to grab them all.I'd guess if they were spread more than 20 degrees you may have trouble getting a strong signal on all the stations.I'm not done tinkering with the antenna yet.I may try and put a short extension on my dish mast and boost this antenna above the actual Dish to see if I can't increase the signal strength on the weakest channel.
Terk claims..the higher you go with this antenna..the better the signal.

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Amplified high-definition tv reception for free local HDTV broadcasts.Most HDTV local broadcasts can't be received by either satellite or cable alone:You need an HDTV antenna.You get the most from your HDTV entertainment system with this off-air antenna.The high-performance Amplified HDTV Outdoor Antenna is a powerful yet compact antenna for both UHF and VHF local reception of channedl 2 through 69, so you'll be able to enjoy free local HDTV broadcasts.The Amplified HDTV Outdoor Antenna connects to your television via coaxial cable (not included).The HDTV Amplified Outdoor Antenna is engineered to receive 1080i HDTV broadcasts not always available on satelitte or cable.This compact, amplified, highly directional VHF/UHF anteena utilizes a log periodic UHF element with VHF rear reflector element.It's not always convenient to mount an outdoor antenna on your roof.Luckily, the Amplified HDTV Outdoor Antenna can be mounted anywhere, thanks to the included mini-mast bracket that will mount to a wall, the roof or even in your attic.The Ampified HDTV Outdoor Antenna will also mount on standard DBS or DirecTV dish masts.

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SWM8 Single-Wire Multiswitch and DIRECTV Approved Power Supply Kit Review

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(More customer reviews)This is GREAT, DIRECTV gave me a hard time over upgrading to SWM.I didn't want to run a second line to each receiver. With the SWM I can now record on one channel & watch on another, & didn't have to run a second line from my dish.GREAT

Prompt shipping & well packed.GREAT PRICE WHEN COMPARED TO DIRECTV & others.

A+++++

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DIRECTV single tuner multi swith will alow 8 tuners over one coax.

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Brite-View BV-2500 Wireless HD Video Transmitter and Receiver Kits Review

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(More customer reviews)WOW...

My purchase before this item was a logitech universal remote. I spent 10 hours and 2 calls to India to set up and I ended up not using the RF remote because it didn't work.

REASON FOR PURCHASE (APPLICATION):
I wanted to gift my mom the ability to watch her DirecTV in the kitchen on the new 23" Samsung I got her. We didn't want to go through the hassle of having another big DirecTV HD DVR box and more coaxial line run around the house, so I bought the Briteview.INSTALL:
1. Plugged HDMI cable from Family room DTV receiver to back up base unit (kept the component video and audio plugged into cinema receiver for the main TV).
2. Plugged BV-2500 base unit into wall.
3. Placed Infared receiver over the DTV receiving IR port
4. 40ft away and through 1 wall I plugged receiving unit into back of Samsung 23" TV via HDMI
5. Plugged receiving unit into wall
6. Turned on both TV's and whaa-la

PRO's
* Not sure for all applications, but the DirecTV receiver was capable of sending component audio/video and HDMI aud/vid at the same time, so we could watch and adjust volume on both TV's at same time with ZERO LAG (both audio and video).
* SUPER EASY INSTALL WITH INFARED WORKING ON FIRST ATTEMPT
* HD picture quality is 1080P
* No extra running of cables for my application
* Small receiving unit makes for a clean looking install. Unit is smaller than most computer home routers.

CON's
* No HDMI out on the base unit (would make nice for lots of us who want to pass through the HDMI and don't have an AV receiver or want to change AV receiver input). Instead I have to use both HDMI and component out so.

UNKNOWN AND OTHER SUGGESTIONS
To complete the install I think I will probably need to buy an additional DireTV remote and program the 2nd TV's volume control to that.
Keep in mind your are going to be watching the SAME channel on the 2nd display if you are watching the primary display at the same time. That being said this isn't for most family's. My mom lives with just my dad and they enjoy watching the same thing.

Now my mom can cook family dinner and watch TV at the same time!!!

Keep in mind this was a gift from someone (me) who doesn't even own or watch TV.

FIRST REVIEW OF A PRODUCT ON AMAZON... WHATCHA THINK?

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Are you tired of the cluttered look of your home theater set up? Do you want to mount your flat-panel perfectly and cleanly on your wall? Well, with help of Brite-View's Air HD, you can go wireless and make your oversized or unsightly equipment disappear in a flash. The Air HD works by transmitting High-Definition content from a Blu-ray player in a separate room to the HDTV sitting in your living room, or to another display in the kitchen, bedroom, or den. The Air HD Wireless Transmitter and Receiver Kit instantly saves you from having to purchase two sets of AV equipment for your home. It conveniently eliminates those messy AV cables and awkward connections to your flat-screen TV, making your HDTV look more like a work of art or a piece of home décor than a tangle of boxes and wires.Bring uncompressed 1080P True Cinema video content to your HDTV wirelessly. Play HD media content from PC on TV wirelessly with the BV-2500 HD (up to 70 feet- 20 mts).

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Digital Optical 3-Way Selector Switch for Toslink Audio Connections Review

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(More customer reviews)The item is easy to setup and use but over time the sound quality just gets worse and worse.

I purchased the item in the summer of '07, and now, 8 months later, I get sound drop outs every few minutes lasting for a second or 2 in port 1, which is what I have my cable tv's dolby digital running through.If you go up to the unit and turn the dial back and forth, the drop outs will stop for a bit.

The unit is now to the point that if I even touch it, the sound will turn off and is very difficult to get back working again.

I would not purchase this unit again.

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Digital Optical 3-Way Selector Switch for Toslink Audio Connections

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