TV tuners for Inspiron 1520

Okay, so when I bought my Inspiron 1520 back in early July, I thought "I'll skip some of the accessories, and buy them later if I want them"

Only Dell isnt selling some of the accessories separately yet...

Ive managed to find some 9-cell batteries on Ebay (I got one for $16 today, after overspending $70 for one yesterday) but I havent seen any of the Dell ExpressCard TV tuners come up yet.

What can anyone tell me about these TV Tuners? I would prefer not to have a USB one - unless someone can tell me a benefit of the USB ones over Expresscard ones...

All I can find readily available are a few HP branded ones, such as these two:

(digital/Analog one)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220150318171

(Analog one)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220150794931


Does anyone have experience with expresscard TV tuners on the inspiron laptops yet?

Does anyone have a link to the Dell website for refurbished TV tuners from returned systems? (Thats how I got my remote cheaply)

Is there any real difference between expresscard ones and USB ones?

Thanks for any insight anyone can offer
-Mike

 

i have two different brand pcmcia tv cards which all work in extremely high temperature(i simply can't touch it or get burned). i also wish to know whether HP TV card is hot or not.

 

don't have it, but here is a link
http://3btech.net/chusb20atdia.html

 

Thanks for the link. That Chiefmax AD-AU500 doesnt seem to come with all the bells and whistles (antennaes, remote control, remote control sensor) that the other ones do.

Does it do anything better than the HP ones?

 

I have no problems with USB 2.0 hauppauge hvr-950 running on my Vostro 1500. It's OTA HD/SD receiver with QAM support.
I got it for $80 from Circuit City + $20 mail rebate.

 

now i can confirm that HP analog TV express card(got new under $20 from ebay) works fine in vostro with vista 64bit OS(driver via windows internal internet search),although card runs extremely hot.