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ASUS My Cinema-US2-400 tuner - Hybrid travel companion

 

When we talk about "big ASUS", we mainly think of motherboards and video cards, or Eee PCs, even though the company has a huge product range. In this article, we’re adventuring into the world of TV tuners, as we’ve been dealing with such a device for a relatively long time, but now ASUS ’new Hybrid tuner provides an excellent subject for this.

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For those who may not know what a TV tuner is good for and why, we recommend it our first writing on this subjectas well as roughly Our article was published 1 year ago, where we covered the situation of DVB-T in Hungary for a few words.

Next, let’s turn to the salute of ASUS, which boasts the name US2-400 / PT / FM / AV / RC / FL. As already mentioned, we are facing a Hybrid solution, in other words the device is suitable for receiving both analog and digital signals. First of all, we would like to say that we have mainly examined the usability of the device with Hungarian digital terrestrial broadcasting (MPEG4 DVB-T), we no longer really consider the analog capabilities to be interesting in this case.

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US2-400 / PT / FM / AV / RC / FL main features:

  • Extremely simplified installation: installation and configuration are automatic at the touch of a button
  • High capacity built-in storage: 4 GB flash memory in the device
  • Watch TV without manual start thanks to Asus Pop-Up TV technology
  • Live image in the Vista sidebar thanks to Asus GadgeTV technology

 

DVB-T channel decoder:

Intel CE6353

TV tuner:

IXCEIVE

Interface type:

USB 2.0

Operating System:

Windows Vista, Windows XP

TV system:

DVB-T, PAL

Entertainment:
  • View and record an analogue broadcast
  • Support for pre-programmed recording and time shift
  • Remote control with easy channel scrolling
  • FM radio
  • Edit and burn a TV show to DVD or VCD
Accessories:
  • Remote controller
  • External antenna with cable
  • Driver / Utilities / User's Guide

 

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