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The insanely popular Asus Eee PC has the same number of USB ports as many regular laptops, yet the sub-notebook doesn't go well with USB peripherals particularly TV tuners until recently. Asus apparently has been updating Linux drivers for its My Cinema U3100 Mini DVB-T & DMB-TH tuners. The former is what European countries use for digital video broadcasting while the latter is the standard backed by the Chinese authority. During preliminary testing carried out by a HK-based PC magazine, both driver and software worked smoothly except H.264 software decoding was missing; hence HDTV channels broadcasting in this format won't play on Eee. Other channels sent over in MPEG-2 were played back properly. One caveat is that software doesn't come with recording function, not that it really matters anyway as Eee PC isn't exactly a portable MCE. Asus Eee PC 4G (black)
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USB TV & Video Adapter Reviews
- Samsung SyncMaster 940UX DVI / VGA / USB Monitor (2007)
- IOGear External USB Video Card (2007)
- ADS Instant Video To Go USB H.264 Hardware Encoder (2007)
- Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Hybrid USB TV Stick (2006)
- Miglia TVMicro USB TV for Mac (2006)
- Tritton SEE2 USB 2.0 Video Card (2005)
- Diamond XtremeTV PVR600 USB 2.0 (2005)
- Leadtek WinFast TV USB II Deluxe (2005)
- ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0 (2004)
- Plextor ConvertX PVR PX-TV402U (2004)
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