Review of the
OnAir USB HDTV Creator

Reviewed Spring, 2008

Autumnwave went out of business March 11, 2010. New products and support are no longer available.



PROS

  • Tunes both over the air and cable (QAM64 & 256)
  • Works with TitanTV for record scheduling
  • Includes Nvidia Purevideo decoders
  • Includes remote control and video editing software
  • Hardware encoder for analog TV (usually better quality picture than software encoding)

CONS
  • High cost

COST
  • Around $250



COMMENTS:
  • This tuner works with Vista Media Center, and MCE 2005 in Digital (over-the-air) or Analog (over-the-air & cable) TV. It will automatically be detected as both an analog and digital tuner in MCE 2005, however to use it for analog and digital in Vista Media Center requires this routine. The vendors software interface is required for cable QAM.

For a detailed review of the OnAir Creator go here.


HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:
  • Pentium 4 - 1.6 Ghz CPU or above
    or AMD Athlon XP
  • 128 MB memory
  • Open USB 2.0 port
  • Sound card with speakers

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
  • Windows XP Service Pack 1 or above
  • MCE (Windows Media Center Edition 2005) works w/MCE application in analog mode only
  • Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or above

DIGITAL VIDEO CAPTURE RESOLUTION:
  • All 18 ATSC formats (including 1080i, 720p, etc.)


WARRANTY: Company is no longer in business


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