Adaptec’s new AVC-3610 USB Dual TV Tuner looks pretty great—dual-tuners in an out-board solution is really nice, especially since it should mean less CPU thrashing in general as the unit does encoding itself. It captures FM, too, which is handy for those of you that still listen via broadcast, and can control satellite boxes and other A/V equipment via infrared. So what’s the bad part? Well, right now, it’s only available as an OEM part—it’s going to be bundled with the HP zd8000 Media Center notebook, for instance.
Adaptec sells a single-tuner USB solution under its VIDEOh! brand, but dual-tuner would be ever so much more handy (as soon as I get satellite or cable, that is).
Adaptec s USB Dual TV Tuner on HP zd8000 [EverythingUSB]
