Yeah but my photobucket account takes forever and causes the router to drop connections and the computer to crash (requires Flash player)

It saves more time to not have to go to that site, login, and hope flash works and not drop the internet for 10 min. i'm already logged in here and it gives me the code and i don't post many images anyways.

Back to the tuner, it's still wonderful. the 'mini guide' is a lot like a CECB, shows up to 12 hours of data for the currently tuned channel, but the full guide puts the Dish DTVPal to shame. it's the same type (not sure if it's TVGOS though) and shows a window of your currently tuned channel as you browse. it also shows a window for any channel you want to 'preview'.

The pros are that it not only makes HD out of OTA channels (i'm not sure if the channel has to broadcast in HD though, there's a switch on the back for converted resolution all the way to 1080i/p) and it also does so for a analog cable channel. so you do not have to subscribe to Digi-cable to get HD cable, unless you desire the extras such as video on demand, music choice, etc which the tuner won't do.

The cons are the tuner requires a 50% or better signal, so VHF is spotty (NO BALUNS!!!! need to have a gold-plated high-quality screw-on RG-6 cable) and the full guide is slooooooow. channel tuning takes a few seconds so you may want to get a remote control or a universal remote to direct-tune. sorry, Channel surfers! if you 'scan' too fast it just stays on the same channel. the box has a switch on the rear to switch between resolutions, so no remote function. have to get off the couch. but for me and anyone who has either an analog tv, or prefers one HD resolution and no other, that's fine. i was able to still get a 65% signal for my Battlestar Galactica fix though. so that's fine.

One more con. for a box this new, there's absolutely no HDMI output or input. just a DVI out.