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    TV Tuner on Acer Aspire 8940G

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Matt23, Aug 22, 2010.

  1. Matt23

    Matt23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi. I'm getting an Acer Aspire 8940G in the near future. I have a question though....where can you buy an internal TV tuner card for it (UK or Ireland, or wherever ships to Ireland)? I heard it has a spare PCI slot (or whatever the equivalent is for laptops) and I want to save the expresscard slot for a USB 3.0 card.
     
    Matt23, Aug 22, 2010
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  2. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    You could always get a USB tuner. :3
    Adding an internal tuner is always tricky because your machine would need to have the input mounted to the motherboard at the factory. If you don't have a coaxial input for the TV signal, you're SOL for the internal tuner.
     
    TehSuigi, Aug 23, 2010
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  3. Matt23

    Matt23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    But doesn't the 8940G have a spare slot for an inbuilt TV Tuner? I could have sworn I read somewhere that it did...
     
    Matt23, Aug 23, 2010
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    exmeaguy Notebook Geek

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    You are correct, it does.
     
    exmeaguy, Aug 23, 2010
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  5. Matt23

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    As I thought. So my question still is

    So do any of you know where I can buy the relevant part?
     
    Matt23, Aug 23, 2010
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  6. exmeaguy

    exmeaguy Notebook Geek

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    Look on ebay. Look (search) in the 8940 owner's thread. Someone wrote an entry that goes into adding a tv tuner card, plus a lot of other updates.
     
    exmeaguy, Aug 23, 2010
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  7. Matt23

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    Yeah I found it but I've gone off the idea now, as the only ones you can buy aren't very good.
     
    Matt23, Aug 23, 2010
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