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    question about tv tuners

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by shinakuma9, Nov 13, 2007.

  1. shinakuma9

    shinakuma9 Notebook Deity

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    if i choose to get a tv tuner on my laptop, i need to know how exactly this works. if its a multi reigon tv tuner with a remote, how exactly does it work. is it wireless? will i get the same channels as i would on my tv, and how is the picture and sound quality?
     
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    prashanthm Notebook Consultant

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    AFAIK, you will be able to watch all the free on the air (non-paid) channels without any connection, if you can get a cable connection, you will be able to watch all the channels that you are able to on your TV.

    Dunno about the picture & sound quality. Anybody else?
     
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    alexejrm Notebook Consultant

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    I am using DVB-T usb tuver on my laptop and getting very good picture quility with a cheap noname ~10$ antena. Getting signal strench to about 68%
     

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    you get what you pay for.. i bought a cheap tuner and it gets okay quality.. buy one that a lot of people have said work for them, not one that is appealing in price.
     
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    star882 Notebook Evangelist

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    For a PCI card, the HDTV Wonder is very good for its price. However, the best one I know of for PCI is a pcHDTV.
    Not sure about USB but get one that is MythTV compatible in case you ever want to use MythTV (and you will once you discover its networking capability).
     
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    I use an OnAir (also known as AutumnWave) Creator. They also sell the GT.

    It is a very fine TV tuner. I have it connected to my cable system and get all of the Clear QAM channels (free HD channels such as PBS, FOX, NBC, and ABC) as well as all of the regular analog channels (1-80, you know, Scifi, Fox Family, ESPN, all the news networks).

    You can also just throw an antenna on the thing and get all of the over the air channels, which include several HD channels (the same as above) and many analog channels (about 10-20% of what is listed above).


    I really love it, it works like a Tivo on my computer. I use TitanTV for scheduling recordings and such. I WOULD use Windows Media Center as my primary recording system except it does not work with Clear QAM HD channels as of yet (a legal issue, not a technical one) and I have yet to hear of a viable workaround. Otherwise it works great!

    Nothing like watching Heroes on my DELL 24 inch Ultrasharp at 1080i on my computer for free.
     
    StormEffect, Nov 15, 2007
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