Asus HDTV Suite-HDMI turns your monitor into a TV

by Nilay Patel, posted Feb 19th 2008 at 4:37PM

We've certainly seen our share of devices to bring your computer and TV together, but the HDTV Suite-HDMI from Asus brings it back the other way, providing a TV tuner and a variety of TV-oriented inputs for your computer monitor. The box accepts a host of inputs from HDMI to coax, converts, finesses and upscales the signal up to 1080p, and outputs over DVI or VGA, turning your old display into a viable television. The multiple inputs and TV tuner support PIP, and there's also a bundled remote to control the on-screen menus, completing the TV makeover. Sadly, there's no word on price, but PAL and NTSC support hints that we might see this box hit our fair shores -- looks like it's time for a monitor upgrade, eh?

[Via PCLaunches]

Filed under: Displays, Set-top boxes, Switches, Tuners

Tags: asus, converter, hdmi, HDTV Suite-HDMI, HdtvSuite-hdmi

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Ordeith @ Feb 19th 2008 4:58PM

So obious questions.

Does the HDMI input still output the HD resolutions over VGA or DVI? If so, how did they get around the HDCP restrictions?

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VinylVision @ Feb 20th 2008 4:56PM

Good questions indeed. Also how does it handle audio over hdmi? Is there a headphone output? How does it audio connect to a separate receiver or speakers.

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Mr Stevo @ Feb 19th 2008 5:12PM

This would be nice. Unfortunately, they tend to price them in the mid $200. Hopefully they'll come out with a reasonable price.

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venk @ Feb 19th 2008 5:44PM

Give this to me for

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BB @ Feb 19th 2008 6:29PM

I would hope they'd have an ATSC tuner (preferably HD!) if they're going to sell it in the US...I guess NTSC would still be usable for cable TV.

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GargantulaKon @ May 1st 2008 1:59PM

This looks promising, but I am afraid that it is going to be way too expensive when compared to hybrid LCD monitors that have HDMI ports. I want to use the ASUS HDTV Suite-HDMI on my CRT monitors.

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