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Kworld external high def over the air receiver works great!
Last year I bought a Kworld usb HD tuner for my laptop computer. I really liked it, so I was eager to try Kworld's stand alone HD tuners.
The box is very good at picking up stations. I can get more than 40 digital channels just by putting the included pole antenna in an upstairs window. By the way, the included antenna has a magnetic base that is capable of defying gravity and it is really handy. I placed mine horizontally near the top of my window. My channels all lock in solid, and...
[Kworld SA290-Q LE External ATSC/QAM TVBox review can be read at Amazon.com]
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03/29/2009
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90%
(10 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful
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WOW !!!!! Awesome
I order this unit on a Monday morning and it was shipped, by standard shipping, to my house the very next day (super fast). I have three computer monitors just laying around going to waste, so I order two of these units so that I could use two of the monitors as extra tv sets. When I hooked up the tuner boxes to my monitors I did not believe what a fantastic picture I have on both monitors. I own a few high end, high def tv's (lcd and plasma), and I am always having to playing around with the an...
[Kworld SA290-Q LE External ATSC/QAM TVBox review can be read at Amazon.com]
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01/27/2009
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88%
(15 of 17) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Full Features, Video Quality Lacking
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: I bought the unit for the QAM tuner. This allows me to tune digital channels (including HD) that are sent by my cable provider (Comcast). It will not receive any encrypted channels and in my area will only tune "basic" digital channels even though I have a subscriber package that includes other digital channels. This is not the fault o...
[Kworld SA290-Q LE External ATSC/QAM TVBox review by Physicsman can be read at Newegg.com]
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12/04/2008
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(27 of 34) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Same as Techies
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Price and look of exterior, and that's where the pros end.
Cons: DOA, Power comes on but won't go off. No 1080p, no digital output. Cords come out the side so they will be difficult to hide if you want to use the remote. Manual is worthless. Tech support is long distance to Taiwan (I didn't call). I tried all ...
[Kworld SA290-Q LE External ATSC/QAM TVBox review by IspeakEnglish can be read at Newegg.com]
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12/07/2008
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48%
(13 of 27) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Great!
Great product. After alot of adjusting with the remote I finally have full 1080i. An improvement for the manual would be helpful. Also, this is the cheapest option I've seen. Got it on newegg for $59.99 w/ free shipping.
[Kworld SA290-Q LE External ATSC/QAM TVBox review can be read at Amazon.com]
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01/24/2009
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(9 of 9) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Ok product / lousy manual / poor support
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Newegg.com provide the best pice on this device i could find! Thanks Newegg. For the price, you get nice pic quality and the capability to convert your LCD monitor and older HD capable TV's to work in 1080i mode. Once hooked up I was definitely pleasantly surprised. The tiny little antenna that comes with the set top box pulled in 27 digital over air stations ...
[Kworld SA290-Q LE External ATSC/QAM TVBox review by hank can be read at Newegg.com]
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04/01/2009
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(5 of 5) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Better than Visio's tuner
I recently shut off my DirecTV - the expense was no longer justifiable - and went to OTA broadcast and NetFlix. Having purchased a couple of standard converter boxes for my NTSC televisions, I assumed the two-year-old 32" LCD Visio would be fine on its own, with its built-in ATSC tuner. Silly me. While my ten-year-old Sony with the converter was receiving all the local Detroit stations clearly with just a loop antenna, the Visio had terrible reception with a $40 amplified antenna. Forget abo...
[Kworld SA290-Q LE External ATSC/QAM TVBox review can be read at Amazon.com]
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04/04/2009
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(3 of 4) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Would you buy a TV without inputs for a DVD player?
This box has only VGA input from your computer, and ATSC antenna inputs for OTA or cable. There are NO other inputs that you can connect your DVD player or VHS player into, and neither of these are appropriate for a DVD or VHS player. This severely limits the utility of this box.
It's a very poorly thought out design. If you're looking for a device that will turn your computer monitor into a FULL FEATURED TV set *without tying up your computer*, THIS BOX AIN'T IT. So right now, in...
[Kworld SA290-Q LE External ATSC/QAM TVBox review can be read at Amazon.com]
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02/24/2009
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(3 of 8) Users Found This Review Helpful
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It does what is supposed to do BUT ...
I recently bought a 42" LCD panel without a ATSC tuner, so I decided to buy this unit in order to be able to watch some digital and HD channels from my cable company. Therefore I bought this little unit, hook it to the LCD Panel and now I am getting those wanted channels. Quality of image is so so, not as good as the one on my Sony rear projection TV with his own ATSC tuner, but at least I am getting them.
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-Relatively cheap box
-Small and nice box
-Once you real...
[Kworld SA290-Q LE External ATSC/QAM TVBox review can be read at Amazon.com]
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08/03/2009
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(3 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful
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GARBAGE
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) After 6 weeks, it broke, displaying a blank screen.
Can't even return it since it is past 30 days.
Build quality is very poor. Tuner and the remote look like cheap plastic parts just thrown together quickly. Cheap build not was apparent from picture; hence my poor purchasing decision. VERY poorly written manual.
[Kworld SA290-Q LE External ATSC/QAM TVBox review can be read at Amazon.com]
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07/25/2009
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(3 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful
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