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    Compro's new standalone tuner for PC monitors

    Multimedia technology firm Compro has announced its latest TV tuning product, with some interesting features but also a few omissions.
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    Nice idea, but not including a DBT-T tuner seems pretty stupid to me.

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    Input-wise, there's analogue terrestrial/cable, s-video, component, stereo-audio and composite connections.
    Its got component in? So this could be one way of plugging up a Wii to a computer monitor then? Does the tuner produce signals of 480p?

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    looks like a good idea im looking for somthing like this

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    this sounds exactly like the V550 that was touted but never released 6 months ago

    hopefully it will be released.

    this would allow people to connect up a ps2, wii, sky box or digibox etc to the monitor.

    it is a pity it doesnt have a freeview tuner built in though

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    I think the weakness of the standalone tuners in their inability to work any DVR functions, thus the video functions could be quite useful, but the tuner less so.

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    Quote Originally Posted by uchiha_itachi View Post
    Its got component in? So this could be one way of plugging up a Wii to a computer monitor then? Does the tuner produce signals of 480p?
    Yes, apprently it will display up to 1680*1050, and 720p is only 1280x720. So you can play your wii through this in all it's glory.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Funkstar View Post
    Nice idea, but not including a DBT-T tuner seems pretty stupid to me.
    Agreed, When I first saw this I thought it would be a handy way of converting an old 19" CRT and a couple of cheap speakers into a high quality bedroom TV, but without freeview there is no point.

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    This sounds interesting - one question springs to mind - can I fix the output at 1600x1200 (the native res of my monitor) to avoid scaling?

    I'd be quite tempted by a '360 with this box as I don't currently have a HDTV..
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    I would imagine, or rather hope, that the device upscales to whatever resolution you set. Given that all inputs are going to be less than 1600x1200 (and component will be the only one getting anywhere close to that) my guess is yes, you can set to 1600x1200 and leave it at that.

    Quite how it'll handle scaling different aspect ratio inputs onto that is a different matter, however.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve View Post
    I would imagine, or rather hope, that the device upscales to whatever resolution you set. Given that all inputs are going to be less than 1600x1200 (and component will be the only one getting anywhere close to that) my guess is yes, you can set to 1600x1200 and leave it at that.

    Quite how it'll handle scaling different aspect ratio inputs onto that is a different matter, however.
    It'd be nice to have 1:1 mapping for pixels rather than generic scaling for 360 gaming wouldn't it? Sure a bit of a border but a crisp image would be far nicer than a stretchy jobby..

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    anyone seen this for sale?

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    If you're 360 gaming then get the VGA cable for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve(Article)
    We're not quite sure how popular the V600 will prove do me.
    It might well be late, but that sentance doesn't seem to make much sense...

    Anyhow, looks good, would be useful for the 19" CRT in my Room (already got a freeview box hooked up by an analogue tuner in the PC (using S-Video)) So I could eliminate the PC. Would be a bonus if its cheap aswell (cheap as in low price, rather than cheap & crappy)

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    Compro didn't get back to us about this.

    However, Steve made contact with the company today.

    From what he was told, it looks like it's not feasible to sell the product here in the UK because of the impending analogue switch off. Sounds like distributors aren't wanting to bother with it.

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    makes sense.

    no dvb-t = stupid

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