Review of the
OnAir USB HDTV GT

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

PROS

• Tunes HD/digital both over the air and cable (QAM64 & 256)
• Works w/MCE as Digital tuner(MCE/Kram Driver Install Routine here )
• Includes Nvidia Purevideo decoders w/Dolby Digital 5.1
• Tunes clearQAM/digital cable with the included software and Windows 7 Media Center (with beta drivers).
• Includes remote control (does not work with Microsoft Media Center)
• Best weak signal and multi-path tuner
• Included application Works with TitanTV for 2 week advance record scheduling

• Software encoder required for analog TV (no hardware encoder chip)
• Cost

COMMENTS:

• Draws power from USB port and has detachable telescopic antenna. Excellent tuner for both laptop and desktop PC's. Has beta drivers for clearQAM (digital cable) under Windows 7 Media Center

  
  
  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, Vista, or Windows 7
  • MCE (Windows Media Center Edition 2005) works w/MCE application
  • Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or above
  
  DIGITAL VIDEO CAPTURE RESOLUTION:
  • All 18 ATSC formats (including 1080i & 720p)
  
  
  WARRANTY: Company is out of business