Compro Technology (a leading provider of TV capture solutions and the like) are set to showcase a new type of device at their booth during the course of Computex next week. Their latest "VideoMate V550" is a standalone TV tuner box which will allow your LCD/CRT/PDP monitor to operate as a television without the need for a PC to drive it!

Grab the press release here for the full scoop.

Compro Technology, a leading developer and manufacturer of PC multimedia products now announces VideoMate V550, a high-end standalone TV box at Computex Taipei 2006 international computer exhibition. VideoMate V550 is easy for watching analog TV shows on your CRT/LCD/PDP monitor. Free from driver, software installation and compatible issues with computer, just simply connect it with your monitor and TV cable or antenna feed. You can watch TV shows on your CRT/LCD/PDP monitor easily. VideoMate V550 provides up to 1600 x 1200 high-resolution and standard 4:3, 16:9 /16:10 wide screen LCD monitor supports.