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Photos: Tiny tuner turns laptops into HDTVs

By // October 17, 2006, 10:58 PM PST // billdetwiler

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  • The OnAir GT can turn a laptop into a high-definition TV. Equipped with a tuner from LG Electronics, the $179 GT receives over-the-air high-definition broadcasts via an antenna.

    Greg Sandoval/CNET News.com

  • A public broadcasting station comes in clearly on a laptop featuring the OnAir GT from AutumnWave. In hilly terrain, TV broadcast signals may be hard to pick up, but otherwise the images are typically high quality.

    Greg Sandoval/CNET News.com

  • The OnAir GT is an ashtray-size tuner. Here, for size comparison, it's pictured alongside a first-generation iPod.

    Casimir Fornalski/CNET News.com

The OnAir GT can turn a laptop into a high-definition TV. Equipped with a tuner from LG Electronics, the $179 GT receives over-the-air high-definition broadcasts via an antenna.

Greg Sandoval/CNET News.com

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