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    w2jb TV tuner brand

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by rubiks24, Jul 2, 2006.

  1. rubiks24

    rubiks24 Notebook Consultant

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    Any one know the brand or maker of the Analog TV tuner in the w2jb? What kinda spec does it have, is it hardware encoding/decoding? how good is it? Thanks
     
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    i forget the maker. its hardware encoding of course. its decent notifihing to fantastic. That is if its the same as in my w2v
     
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    Steve,

    It's actually different in the new J models...... the new one is from Avermedia I believe I saw when I took one apart. There isn't much you can do with a tuner in a notebook, but I do believe the new one is better in a few ways, but they're all not as good as what you can get for a desktop of course..... If anyone has any ideas of trying to swap it with something else - think again.... there aren't too many that are made in the world and even fewer that will work with MCE.... It is hardware encoding though of course.
     
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    thats only good outside the USA. you cant really compare a analog an a dvb tuner
     
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