2 Responses to “Artec T14A Mini USB 2.0 Digital TV Tuner”

1. January 4th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
   Duke Says:
   

   I’ve been using this tuner for the past two months and it works well. I should say it works well using SageTV PVR software. The bundled TV viewing software wasn’t very robust and wasn’t able to tune in all of my local HD channels. Using the Artec with SageTV, I am able to record over the air HD content without any problems.

   The antenna that ships with the unit works well receiving HD channels located on the UHF band. I live approximately 22 miles from the TV towers in downtown Chicago. Using the supplied antenna, I am able to receive local NBC, ABC, FOX, WTTW, and WPWR digital feeds clearly. Since the supplied antenna is UHF only, I am unable to receive my local CBS feed because that feed is transmitted over VHF.

   I purchased an amplified indoor vhf/uhf antenna in order to receive all channels in the Chicago area. Unfortunately, the Artec tuner isn’t sensitive enough to receive my local VHF/CBS signal consistently. I know it’s the Artec T14A that is having problems bringing in CBS because when I hook up the indoor antenna to my TV (Olevia 532H) tuner, I am able to receive the VHF/CBS digital signal without any problems.

   This tuner has worked out well for me and for the price I paid ($40 on sale) at zipzoomfly.com, I am able to record my local HD channels without any problems.

2. April 5th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
   pivovy Says:
   

   Thanks for info about SageTV, been looking for PVR software that suppotrs Artec T14A. Although now Artec has changet A LOT in their original software and it works almost perfect (recording, timeshift, scheduling…), it is still nice to know that there are alternatives available.

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