The article shows you how to watch and record video from any windows video capture device like satellite, TV and DVB cards, miniDV cameras, video capture cards, web cams including ones with hardware MPEG 2 encoder. The recording process is easy to handle. The detailed steps are as follow:

1. Connect your capture device to you PC and install the capture device driver. You’d better read the manual that comes with your capture device to see how to connect with PC in order to avoid any damage and installation problems.

2. Download AVS TV Box, run it.

3. Before you can start watching the channels, you need to configure them. Now, please press the Configure button on the main controls panel or select the Settings… option in the Express menu to activate the Configure window.

3. Select the Device Params tab of the Configure window to set device parameters. The availability of the settings depends on the type of the device.
Take TV tuner for example, you need to select the Country of the broadcast, TV Source (Antenna or Cable), Video input, Video standard depending on the country and broadcast standard, Audio device and Audio input that will serve as a sound source.

4. Select the Channels tab of the Configure window. Click the Add Channel button to add the cameras to the channels list or Scan for TV or Digital TV tuners to search for the existing channels. Press the Add to Favorites button to add the favourite channels to the favorite list so that it could be displayed in the Favorite window and you could easily switch to it.

5. Select the Paths tab of the Configure window to set the recordings and snapshots paths.

6. Select the Record tab of the Configure window to set the video and audio parameters of the files that you will capture your video with.

7. If you want to set the parameters of the colors of the displayed video image, select the Colors tab to set.

8. After all settings are completed, click the OK button to accept all the changes and close the configuration window. Then you can start recording the video by clicking the Record button on the main controls panel, take snapshots, and watch TV shows on PC.

The typical consumer is a rather fickle creature, very capricious in their whims and impulsive in their purchases all too eager to return items at the drop of a hat simply because of some minor flaw whether real or perceived. This is their right as inscribed in various statutory instruments, and so long as they satisfy basic requirements, such as the item is returned in its original packaging as well as the sales receipt being returned along with it to show proof of purchase the consumer can then enjoy a no questions asked, no prejudice refund which means that they can in effect, go back in time. This legal loophole has resulted in the birth of the Open Box TV phenomena, meaning that for those consumers who are canny enough to be on the lookout for items that fall under the Open Box TV provisions are able to enjoy a VERY hefty discount on the recommended retail price of the good in question.

The only problem here for the store is that the item that has been refunded cannot lawfully be advertised as new. This may seem rather odd, but in order to give a better example of this, let us consider the analogy of a car purchased from a car lot. They car has just been rolled out from the factory, and is now as shiny as a penny, ready for a customer to come along and pay for it.

A customer purchases the car but upon driving out of the car lot, regrets their choice and wishes to return it. However, as soon as they drive the car off the lot, the value of the car will drop by as much as 15-20% of its original value, simply by virtue of the fact that it is now considered to be second hand. Even if the car is pristine and still has the full tank of gas, its value is now reduced. This is exactly how the Open Box TV principle works.

The same applies with any sort of consumer item, including the likes of luxury TV’s which is why the Open Box TV phenomena has became such a highly lucrative proposition for consumers.

Because the store is unable to actually resell the item as it stands as brand new (they are required by law to send it back to the manufacturer and get it resealed and re boxed) this means that for many smaller stores who are unable to keep up with the costs associated with that, will simply sell the open box TV at a much reduced rate in order to recoup some profit. For the shrewd consumer, this is an excellent way to save a decent amount of money. There are a number of websites solely dedicated to the Open Box TV phenomena so keep your eyes open!

Due to the popularity and cost effectiveness of plasma and LCD displays, people are now installing them in their garden as an extension of their home.
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When installing an outdoor TV, you have to incorporate a solution that offers waterproof and vandal protection, otherwise you may as well leave the television on the sidewalk for some one to take.
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Now one of the main questions asked is what material is best?
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Plastic?
Well it is cheap to buy, then you need special machinery to bend it and weld it to produce an outdoor HDTV case. Then there is the issue of mounting the TV, as plastic will snap if you put any great weight on to it, so you cannot mount the TV to the back of the plastic case.
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There is no way to make a waterproof plastic enclosure unless you go to the huge expense of injection moulding and these dies can cost $10,000′s to make.
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As for vandal protection this has none, all a potential thief has to do is smash the case with a hammer and take your new HD television.
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Wood?
This is also a cheap material and is readily available, but again there is no way in which to make a timber or wooden TV enclosure waterproof, were ever a join is, this will be a vulnerable point in the unit and you cannot fill the gap as the filler will degrade over time, you will not notice until it is too late and you have to buy another TV.
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Again, little if any vandal protection as all a thief only needs is a hammer to smash the timber case.
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Steel?
This is the ideal material, as it can be fully welded along all joints and welds can be double “bedded”, to ensure a waterproof solution. Now here comes the balance as anyone with a garage can make a steel box, the speciality comes with the heating and cooling of this box, without adequate cooling the TV overheats and the TV has to be replaced.
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Anti vandal protection is high with a steel LCD enclosure, as this is cannot be smashed open with a hammer and special cutting tools and grinders are necessary, who knows a thief who goes prepared with a grinder in their tool kit?
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This coupled with high security locks prevent any un-authorised access to the enclosure ensuring your television display is totally protected.