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  • Maxxarcade
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Jul 2006
    • 973
    #1

    Looking for a standalone tuner

    Where can I buy a standalone tuner that will decode ATSC and QAM? I'm looking for one that can output 480P, 720P, or 1080i.

    All I can find on Ebay are USB or other PC based tuners. I need something that will work with a plasma monitor which supports component or VGA input. Why is it so hard to find a box similar to what the cable company uses for digital stuff?

    I'd also like it to be small, since the TV is wall mounted, and I don't want a shelf sticking way out.
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    • tmwalsh
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2009
      • 119
      #2
      Re: Looking for a standalone tuner

      All over the place ...


      here's one:
      http://www.barrel-of-monkeys.com/gra...2/dct612.shtml

      their list:
      http://www.barrel-of-monkeys.com/gra...ers-main.shtml

      I think avsforum.com has a thread about standalone tuners.

      tom

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        • Maxxarcade
          Badcaps Veteran
          • Jul 2006
          • 973
          #3
          Re: Looking for a standalone tuner

          Originally posted by tmwalsh
          All over the place ...


          here's one:
          http://www.barrel-of-monkeys.com/gra...2/dct612.shtml

          their list:
          http://www.barrel-of-monkeys.com/gra...ers-main.shtml

          I think avsforum.com has a thread about standalone tuners.

          tom
          Thanks, for some reason I couldn't find anything like that by using a search. And I sure wouldn't have thought to look at a place called Barrel Of Monkeys :-)

          That's exactly what i need.

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            • bluto
              Badcaps Veteran
              • Oct 2007
              • 560
              #4
              Re: Looking for a standalone tuner

              Look on ebay for a Samsung DTB-H260F. You might have to replace a few caps though...

              https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=7804

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