ASUS adds 4GB of storage to its USB Express TV Stick tuner
By Steven Kim 
posted Apr 27th 2009 3:44AM
posted Apr 27th 2009 3:44AM
We can't say that the market has been calling out for a USB stick that combines both a tuner and a flash drive into one tidy package, but that's just what ASUS has delivered with its new Express TV Stick. Aimed at markets outside the US, the Express TV Stick makes good use of the storage by packing all the software necessary to run the hybrid DVB-T / analog tuner right on the device itself. Plug into a USB 2.0 port, install a driver, and away you go. If you can record right to the flash drive -- and we don't see why you shouldn't be able to -- we think TV junkies who need a DVR with truly grab-and-go portability might find room for this among their gear.
This is a black device with a material resembling plastic or vinyl or leather. It has a silver diagonal striple near one end of it. It could either open at that silver line and have a USB port. Or could open lengthwise and be a glasses case, it is hard to tell from the picture. We will have to wait and see, either way I have high hopes for this mystery device.