Im lookig to buy a cell phone with a digital tv tuner in it . they are all listed as DVB-T format tuners. will this work in the united states? or would i be wasting my time and money? if not what format will?

Use an optical cable.

Be aware though. Your TV has a DVB-T tuner. It picks up the Freeview standard definition (SD) channels, but not the Freeview HD ones. Dolby Digital sound only comes from the Freeview HD channels.

Your TV will pass Dolby Digital from any source connected to a HDMI port to the Optical Out. It will also pass DTS. But the internal Freeview DVB-T tuner doesn't generate Dolby Digital, just stereo and stereo with Dolby Surround encoding where you use ProLogic II for decoding.

If the TV is sold in the UK, then yes it has a QAM tuner.

All TVs have to be able to pick up Freeview to legally be sold as a TV in the UK. Freeview is the public name for the DVB-T service which is our Digital Video Broadcast - Terrestrial service. DVB-T is just the standard definition channels. DVB-T2 is the version of Freeview that includes HD as well as SD channels. The QAMs are the way in which the signal is encoded. But it's really a level of detail that you don't need to go to. It's sufficient to know that the tuner is ether DVB-T for SD only, or DVB-T2 to pick up SD and HD.

If you have a cable box and can set your TV to channel 3 then you should be able to watch cable. If you want to watch over the air broadcasts then you need a digital converter box which you can buy at Best Buy for around 40 dollars. You use the converter box as the tuner and set your TV on channel 3.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Coby+-+ATSC+Standard-Definition+Converter+Box/9663904.p?id=1218140711965&skuId=9663904&st=digital%20converter%20box&cp=2&lp=5

The pioneer dvr-720H-S doesn't have a digital tuner. It has a PAL and a SECAM tuner (the European version). You'll need a digital to analog converter or a cable/satellite receiver to provide a signal for the unit to record the digital channels.

The specification list for the DVR-702H-S is available here: http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/products/archive/DVR-720H-S/index.html .

I wish that I had better news for you. Note: the most common D-T-A converters have SD output.

Cindy Wells
(I know in the UK the digital format is DVB-T2 for FreeView)

DVB-T can be translated in Mpeg 2 or H.264 (Mpeg4) format. Check if you have correct tuner installed for you local provider

A digital comb filter is not a tuner. It helps improve the appearance of digital content by splitting the luminance (brightness) and chrominance (color) of a digital video signal (DVD, or other set-top box). This filter is only needed when digital content is going to the TV over RF (coax) or composite (analog) inputs. http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/tv-buying-guide18.htm has some details on the filter,

Please provide the model number of the TV for additional information about the tuner. Normally the tuners will be listed as NTSC (analog), ATSC (digital), Clear QAM (unencrypted digital cable) in the US. In other countries you have PAL (analog) or DVB-T (standard definition digital terrestrial) or DVB-C (standard definition digital cable) signals.

I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells

The unit was being manufactured in the early to mid 2000's but I believe is not out of production. It is NOT an HDV. Here are the specs for the TV.

Product details Manufacturer Techwood Built-in Sat-Tuner No Compact Flash Card No Digital Tuner without Digital Tuner DVD Player / Recorder No HDTV Norm No Loudspeakers without Loudspeakers Memory Stick No Multi Channel Receiver without Multi Channel Receiver Type No Multimedia Card No PCMCIA Interface No Common Interface Slot No DVB-C No DVB-S No Screen Format 16:9 Screen Size in cm 106 cm DVI Interface No Electronic Program Guide (EPG) No Screen Size in Inches 42 in Secure Digital Card No Energy Savings Trust Feature No HD Tuner No Smart Media Card No Type of Monitor Plasma Display, Plasma Horizontal Resolution in Pixel 852 PC Interface No Vertical Resolution in Pixel 480 Brightness in Candela/m² 650 HDMI Interface without HDMI Full HD without Full HD (1080p) DVB-T without Digital Tuner HD ready Not HD Ready LED Backlight without LED Backlight DLNA certified No Energy Saving Trust Feature No HDMI No HDTV No Internet Access NO WEB CONTENT ACCESS EAN 5017416142205, 5017416183666

Hi,
you need to install/re-install the drivers for the expresscard, should be downloadable from medion. Also check in control-panel that the device is there. If you look in My Computer/control Panel/System/Device Manager and the device is listed, with a yellow exclamation mark. try removing/uninstalling. or physically remove from the computer, re-install and go through the new hardware wizard to set it up.

Mike @ compurepair.

What model of DVD player do you have? The RF cable jacks on dvd players are only for switching the RF. All players always use AV input/output or Component input/output, the later is the best.

Have sorted this problem now, I purchased a SCART DVB TV Unit from Freecom, this did not work at first connection, but I then realised that it had to work as RGB into the SCART plug on the DVD, once I set the unit to RGB, all was fine.
I can now record Freeview on my DVD fine.
I do however have one prblem which this will not overcome, that is the addition of yet another remote control !!!
Byeeeeeee..