AVerMedia AVerTV Volar Hybrid Q, USB TV Tuner, ATSC, Clear QAM HDTV & FM Radio, Supports Windows 10 (H837)

Overall, this is a superb product if you, 1) use it with Windows Media Center instead of the included software; 2) purchase an external antenna to receive VHF channels; 3) don't mind that the tip of the product gets very hot when watching television.Something repeated in the other reviews is that the product gets very hot when it is running. That is true, and it concerned me when I was purchasing it because I was worried how it would affect the life of the product. At this point, I have had this product for more than two years, and it is true that it gets very hot when watching television. However, the part of the product that gets hot is the very end, the metal connection to the antenna. When you plug an antenna cable into the tuner, about 3 mm of the cable screw is left to exposed to the air. This part does get hot, but as it is exposed, the heat is mostly released outside of the tuner and at the very tip. I am not sure how much important circuitry is right near the cable screw, but most of the inside of the tuner--especially the tip that plugs into the computer--runs cool.The other problem with the hardware on this product is that the antenna is not very good at all for VHF channels, and there are considerable, noticeable jitters for UHF channels when the antenna is used indoors. I live 9 miles from the towers in a flat, urban area and still had problems indoors. However, an old TV antenna that I had laying around did not work much better for UHF stations. So as antennas go, the UHF reception on the included antenna is pretty good.The real problem with the antenna is its very weak ability to receive VHF signals. I suspect that you would have the same problem with any other small VHF antenna. You need large rabbit ears to receive many VHF signals, period, and the included antenna has only small rabbit ears. I live 9 miles from the towers and was unable to receive some VHF channels at all. I had to connect large rabbit ears and extend them for several feet in order to receive some channels. To find out whether a particular channel is VHF, run a signal analysis report at TVFool.com and check the "real" channel column. VHF signals are broadcast on "real" channels 2-13.The included software is highly functional and records television programs in standard MPEG-2 and H.264 format, as well as MPEG-1 and AVI. The problem is, the interface is poor and, most annoyingly, there is no way to tune in to a specific frequency in the current version. If your antenna does not pick up a channel at all, you need to adjust it and run a channel scan, which takes me 5 or 6 minutes, all over again. Using Windows Media Center addressed this issue quite nicely, and the product is very compatible with it. I also figured out how to do what I wanted with the software, Aver MediaCenter 3D, after playing with it enough.The functionality, though, of the hardware is superb. Once I got a good indoor antenna, in my case the Terk HDTVa, it worked without a hitch. I also got good results with old-fashioned rabbit ears and a UHF loop that I had laying around in my basement. Note that good antennas take up a lot of space. If you're looking to use this product, or any other TV tuner, indoors, and have VHF channels that you want to receive, the chances are that you will have to either use a good indoor antenna or run a cable from your roof antenna. FM radio tuning, with good VHF rabbit ears, works quite well.Note that despite the product description, this is a one-tuner product and for most purposes you will only be able to watch or record one channel at a time if you have only bought one of these products. It is possible to watch two subchannels on the same channel at the same time using the included software, but I seldom use that feature. If being able to watch and record two channels at the same time is important to you, a "dual-tuner" product is best. As far as I can tell, the advantage of this product compared to dual-tuner products is that in addition to a lower cost, setup is very easy with this product, with no need to either install an accessory inside your computer or to spend a lot of time configuring it. Additionally, this product has an FM radio feature, while most dual-tuner products do not.The core hardware in the USB tuner stick works pretty solidly, and I recommend it. I have been running it on Windows 8 with no issues. In fact, when I upgraded to Windows 8.1, it seems to run more smoothly when switching back and forth between Windows Media Center and the included AVer MediaCenter. I had no issues running it under Windows 7, previously.----UPDATE: I've had the unit for about two years, with frequent use, and it's still functioning well. I get more than 23 channels using an external, indoor antenna and am pretty satisfied.

I tried this on numerous products, first the good:- plugging in to a win7 pc it's recognized and works with media center right away. 5 minutes (to scan channels mostly) and you're watching tv.- picture quality is fantastic, especially on a "true hi def" screen" (1920x1080) Scales down fine to lesser screens.- seems nice and sturdy.- picks up every channel OTA that my TVs do hooked up to same antenna- plugged into an ancient Compaq laptop with an Athlon x2 and 2 gig of ram and an HP mini with an Atom processor it works flawlessly in media center. Also plugged it into a Lenovo W520 with 8 gig and an i7 and the picture was great.Because of these things I'm keeping it, but lets move on.The bad:- This thing does not seem to like Dell products, numerous problems trying to use it with media center on a Dell optiplex 745 with Win7Pro 32 bit (I know it isn't the fastest machine but 4 gig ram and Core 2 duo should be plenty considering the above machines) and a latitude E6410 with Win7 pro 64 bit, 4 gig ram and a Core i5. On the Latitude Media center playback is choppy and stutters every few seconds, on the Optiplex it was just simply awful unless the channel was hi def. Neither was watchable and I tried numerous things to fix...the Avermedia software works fine but I'll get to that later.- Avermedia's software is bad...and they should feel bad. I can deal with the clunky interface but making me actually use the mouse to change channels, the horrible guide, having to actually select timeshift and making me click like 4 things just to watch tv. Ugh, it's horrible but I have to use it on the Latitude, and no FM scan feature I've found yet which is why I selected this card over the Media center only card anyway.(edit: found FM scan, works well) Once you do get it on your station though the picture is nice and the zoom functions work well. I'm also interested in trying the convert on the fly for watching on a phone or kindle later, but I can only deal with the awful software in small sessions.- the antenna, if your counting on it for actual tv you'll be disappointed. I happen to live between 4 and 8 miles from the towers and it works...but inside is pretty flaky so I don't see it being a solution if you live farther away than that...it does work though so I guess maybe this could be a good? (edit: Actually I was able to pull in a Detroit station about 50 miles away messing with this little antenna, so I guess for something as portable as it is I would count this as a good thing now.)- Heat? The end gets hot as other people say, but honestly the plastic never feels warm so I'm thinking they built it like that to use the coax as a heat sink. doesn't worry me but is something to consider.Edit: after a few weeks of use I'm bumping up, why? Because it really is cheap and it works great. The problem on the Dell laptop/media center is resolved by changing refresh settings so there is that. The software is still horrible and for some reason it does not like our basic time warner cable but it will suit my needs perfectly for a very reasonable price.

Hooked it up to my bedroom PC and was able to attach the coaxial cable from our set top box, installed the software, and it just simply works! The software isn't the greatest, but it get the job done! Had also ordered a Happauge unit of the same type, but it didn't want to work with the signal from my set top box, just the coaxial cable directly from the wall, so I returned it.Also returned this TV tuner, but to no fault of it's own. My plan all along was to be able to use my bluetooth headset to watch regular TV so I don't wake up family at night. Was using a PC with a bluetooth adapter for a little while until a discovered the "MEE audio Connect Universal Dual Headphone Bluetooth Wireless Audio Transmitter for TV", and I'm using that now instead.

Funciono muy bien ahora veo la tv en la pc sin problema.Buen producto cumplió con mis expectativas y estoy totalmente satisfecho con el producto.

Without av cable it's a use less

The product has no surround sound option.....don't know why they'd bother making something like this without that. Their support is garbage....all they'll do is keep sent you a link to the manual and tell you to read it. Garbage product, garbage company.

While Hauppauge products are generally reliable, this model's advertising had a lot of confusing technical terms that i was unfamiliar with, and Googling the terms led to more confusion. Simply stated, this TV Tuner was designed for North America. It does not work in Australia, New Zealand and most of the rest of the world.I just wanted a TV tuner, but had no idea there were so many different digital TV Tuner standards across the world. The complex and verbose technical description caught me unaware.Now i know that advertising can use complexity to catch those not technically trained.However, as a result, i was able to find a Hauppauge Tuner that does work in non-American countries. This is the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-935 HD Hybrid TV Stick. I bought this from New Zealand, and it works!