iBall Claro TV18 TV Tuner Card

Here goes
the tv tuner card is awesome
all you have to do is plug in a proper jack and wire if the reception quality is bad what can a tv tuner card do

if you dont believe me connect it to a dish (reliance, airtel so on)

the setting are quite hard to understand at first
if you are watching tv then only you change settings for the tv
if you are listening to a radio then only you can change settings for the radio

scanning is also good
i used a normal 25 rs splitter and a 8rs plain jack (go to google images and type tv jack) not those big ones that come with the tv use simple PLAIN TAIL Jacks

note you cannot scan radio using a cable wire
the device comes with an antenna which gives good reception when placed at a proper direction

the device also comes with a usb extendable cable
connect it to the back ports of the cpu not the front ones

it also comes with connectors you can connect a dish to it

the device allows you to choose your favourite channels

the remote works with windows media center

all you have to do is install the application and the REMOTE AND DEVICE driver properly

the device also allows you to schedule your recordings

time shifting allows you to rewind your tv but consumes huge disc space

you can watch the channel in 4:3 and 16:9 ratio

you can also preview the channel before watching it

you can change the color accordingly as movie, dynamic , standard etc

as far as i know
use a proper cable and jack
never use a splitter if you dont know how to use it

update
note a new version of the software was uploaded at iballs site download the software and driver from their site

i use this TV tuner last 1 month nice TV receiving and recording and 2channal surround sound nice .full value of money.very small to carry and work fine with normal cable TV connection.it is having very nice FM receiver but the FM recording in only in WAVE and AMR format.200 channel capacity.

After buying the product, I was really surprised by the compactness of the product. The image quality is good enough for me, not remotely near any tv quality, but still good enough for 1200 bucks tv (certainly better than cheap Chinese tvs). If you watch it from 5 feet distance, you won't even notice some grid lines which usually comes if the signal is not too strong.

Cons: 1. doesn't fit properly in USB port, so if you move your laptop while connected, picture quality goes down.
2. pathetic remote, some buttons in mine don't even work, but its much easier to operate by a mouse, so i didn't even bother to get it replaced.
3. if the screen goes totally white (like in some ads), huge noise with deafening sound comes. don't know whether it's a device fault or signal problem.

My first purchase at Flipkart.com Delivery time was amazing within 28 hours i received it COD. Now coming to the product its a cheap addition to your laptop / PC to watch TV or listen to FM at liesure time.
To all those who complained about non working remote just see that the batteries in remote are inserted properly and check the remote with a mobile phone camera by pointing at camera when you press remote buttons the ir led glows in camera screen. Also while using remote remember to point remote at the tv tuner and not on the screen, even i got confused many times.
Pros: Good for DTH (have to check DTH signal yet), Comes with wide options to connect to other devices.

Cons: The antenna supplied does not catch any TV channels, FM channels are captured but voice is not clear, it would be better if we purchase an external small FM antenna to connect to the tv tuner. When you connect cable tv to tuner select input as cable and not antenna you will get more channels but the no of channels received in iball tv tuner are less than received on conventional TV. Dont know why. Recording is good must need to further check settings so that less space is consumed.

Overall a good product for daily half hr - 1 hr viewing or occasional viewing , viewing for more time may generate more heat and damage the card.

Flipkart delievery as always was on time.
The packacging was decent.

Now this tv tuner is for those people who want to use their pc or laptop as well as watch some tv at the same time.
PROS:-
*Build quality is good, nothing like those chinese mumbo jambo.
*you get a s-video composite cable thus you can connect your Playstation on xbox.
*remote control is very responsive.
*software cd and setting up the tv tuner is pretty straight forward anyone can do it.
*200 channels/with recording.
*play in full screen( because i thought full screen would not be available)
*Price:only 1244!!
*least but not the last: killer looks!

CONS:-
*resolution is low thus watching in full screen very near to your monitor isn't going to be that pleasant. But it is not that bad either.
*i noticed that the device gets heated up pretty fast, 15-20 mins and its hot. Don't know how much it can take, i found nothing related in regulations.

Conclusion: Very decent product within the price range, supporting all your needs, with just a heating problem(so no tv for long hours!).
BUY IT BAG IT!!