Our Score   Review Price free/subscription  AVerMedia AVerTV
Hybrid STB 1080i  So you've just bought a high-definition
console, but you don't want to shell out on a high-definition
television since you already own an HD-ready computer monitor.
Or you're tight on space, and would like to be able to watch
Freeview digital and analogue TV channels on the same display
that's hooked up to your PC. AverMedia claims to offer a
solution in the form of its AVerTV Hybrid STB 1080i, a box that
has integrated digital and analogue TV tuners, throughputs for
various bits of kit and will convert Component-in to DVI-out.
AverMedia doesn't get off to the best of starts with the box
alarmingly quoting such features as ‘Special for Professional
Game Console', and ‘Worldwide Stereo Sound'. But things look
better upon opening it up, as the AVerTV Hybrid STB is securely
packaged, and comes with a nice bundle including an eight-pin
DIN component and S-video breakout cable, a DVI-VGA adaptor, DVI
and 3.5mm audio cables and a remote