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If you have an older monitor lying around taking up space, then you can turn it into a high-res television set and save lots of money. That's what I did and I cannot believe that I waited so long to do so! I have a one-bedroom apartment with a larger tv in the living room, so I purchased the Stand-Alone VGA TV Tuner, hooked up the monitor, connected cheap computer speakers, attached my spare DVD player and use my cable connection for a perfect bedroom setup. The remote is surprisingly handier than other remotes that come with name-brand units... what a bonus!

Besides the simple, yet well-rounded features, so far the unit has held up to hours of operation. I used to sleep to the clock radio, but now leave my monitor-tv on all night. I sometimes forget to program the Sleep Mode (10 minute intervals to 90 minutes) and have found myself waking up to the operating unit. We are talking more than a couple of months of this kind of use/abuse and I still think that this is one of the best buys I have made ever! Soooooo worth it!!

This product does exactly what it says it will do: its a TV tuner for any monitor with a connection to your PC as well. The S-video, component, and composite-in are very useful as well, and a feature you won't find with many internal TV-tuners. It works well and worth the price paid for it.

Provides good remote control access to various input sources for a VGA monitor. I'm using it to switch between PC, Satellite and TiVo, but many applications are possible.

This VGA converter is flat out amazing and works well with converting the signal from my xbox 360 to my computer monitor. I have purchased other VGA converters that were cheaper than this and found that the quality with them is horrible compaired to this. While it may be expensive it is by far the better buy and anyone who is unhappy with this product (when this was written no one rated below a 4 star) then they do not know how to operate the product.

Pros
- converts a 480i signal
- works with the resolution of most monitors
- easy to set up and use
- computer not required unless you want picture in picture
- does not gather heat at all unlike other vga converters

Cons
- signal is still a tiny bit fuzzy
- there are not enough cons

I got this on Just Deals and I'm happy with the product. However, on the down side, the signal ain't that great and the model I have doesn't have captions as well. But on the up side, I have an LCD monitor and the picture is just perfect and does its job! So if you're looking to have your monitor as a tv set, then try this one out! Even though the signal ain't that great, you can actually get a signal amplifier. And I'll do just that!