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    i9300 TV Tuner

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by FreddyJoe, Mar 10, 2005.

  1. FreddyJoe

    FreddyJoe Newbie

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    What is the TV tuner for? If you are hooking the computer up to a cable or satellite system, wouldn't you just be using the satellite or cable tuner anyway? Or is the 9300's tuner only used for over-the-air broadcast?

    Also, is this the best tuner available? Is it upgradeable?

    Is the tuner "locked,"' whatever that means, to prevent unauthorized recording after the new law kicks in (whatever that is)?

    It would be great to have TiVo functionality, but it is not clear to me why the tuner would be necessary for TiVo functions (as long as you have satellite or cable).

    Please feel free to make this a PC tv tuner FAQ for me and my fellow newbies.

     
    FreddyJoe, Mar 10, 2005
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  2. bit64

    bit64 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think you are confused as to what a tuner is. Cable and satellite do not have tuners, they are just signals. Your television has a tuner. The tuner takes a cable/satellite signal and narrows down to a specific frequency, like 'tuning' your piano.

    The tuner for the 9300 does the same thing, it allows you to watch tv on your computer, and yes you can record from it.

    Hope this helped.
     
    bit64, Mar 10, 2005
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  3. pr5owner

    pr5owner Notebook Consultant

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    you can also hook your xbox or ps2 (any gaming console) up to your computer as well. i have a TV tuner on my desktop and it accepts Coax, Svideo, RCA i have a DVD standalone player hooked upto it to test the freshly burnt dvds. pretty nice to have but wouldn't really use it for a laptop. but if the laptop is the only computer you have then i would get it (if you need it).

    also with tv tuners most of the software can record any TV broadcast and encode it as anything, VCD, SVCD, DVD, Xvid, Divx, etc. you can also auto delete the commercials on some of them and setup automatic recording.



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    pr5owner, Mar 10, 2005
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  4. jjimmyp

    jjimmyp Notebook Enthusiast

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    Will the Inspiron 9300 tuner give you a high def picture?
     
    jjimmyp, Mar 10, 2005
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