How is the T.V. Tuner on HP dv5t/7t

Hi,
I was wondering how good the tuner is for the laptops. Is the picture clear? And will the tv tuners still be able to pick up channels after February since television broadcasters will switch from an analog signal to a digital one? So if i got one configured in my notebook i would get all the stuff needed to pick up the channels?

 

I have the tuner on my DV7t & am pretty happy with it. I use QAM & cable connection instead of OTA and the picture is very nice. Just be aware that you will not be able to get HDTV from a cable box since there is not an HDMI input (it is only an output).

I get local HD channels via QAM connection (I have Comcast). You will still be able to receive SD over you cable conneciton though.

 

Do you need to hook a cable up or can you watch wirelessly?

 

I have not been able to get any signals without hooking it up to an external antenna or cable. That's why mine is hooked up to cable.

 

I received my dv7t last week and I'm not at all happy with the tuner. Since it has the digital atsc tuner built in, you shouldn't be affected by the switchover in February 09. But it won't seem to matter to me because my reception is so bad that I feel like I wasted $100 on something I won't use.
I already have 2 digital TV's in my house, both using desktop rabbit ears antennas, so I knew what to expect by way of digital channels coming thru. But I only get 27 channels as listed by the software after scanning, here in Queens, NYC, and they aren't nearly the same as the ones I get on the TV's. I know most of the network channels come in different versions e.g. 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, but not on the laptop. Not only that, the reception is horrible on most of the channels, even tho it shows 5 bars. Even weirder is that any pictures I do get are NOT choppy. In fact, it really looks like analog pictures with bad reception! A lot of ghosting, greyed out, snow etc.
Is it possible the digital part of the tuner isn't working? I get the same channels whether I use the HP antenna or rooftop. I live in a single family house, not an apartment building.

 

Odd. Which did you use- QuickPlay or Windows Media Center? Try whichever one you didn't use with the included antenna and the rooftop antenna.

 

I use QuickPlay & seem to have the same OTA reception / channels as my other TVs (I'm 15 miles from the transmitter antennas). Have you tried getting HD via QAM tuner using your cable connection? You will need to use Quickplay (Media Center does not support QAM yet), but that seems to give me the best HD reception.

It is a lot of money ($100) for the tuner upgrade, but I did not expect any better reception than what I got on my other HDTVs w/o a cable box. I just like watching TV while doing other stuff on my lappy.

 

Working great for me.

 

I can vouch for the tuner on the DV7t. The DV7t is my spare laptop and I'm happy with the tuner.

 

I used Media center, I guess. I used the bigger remote and pressed the colorful button. How do you use Quickplay to get the TV? Does that mean I have to have the lappy off?
Was I right that I don't seem to be getting digital reception since the images are NOT choppy, no "squares"?
I'll try Quickplay if I figure out how to. But don't I have a problem anyway?
Thanks.

 

I don't plan to use my cable connection, so I'm not going to try it. I want OTA reception since the lappy is supposed to be mobile! Unless you think it'll help diagnose the problem...

 

What is meant by rooftop antenna?

 

Those big antenna's that a lot of houses and apartment buildings had and still have before cable made a lot of them obsolete. Little did they know that they are also good for receiving digital signals now. A coaxial cable from the antenna would then be brought into the house or apartment.

 

ah. That just seemed like too easy an answer. In my defense I didn't realize they were good at digital reception... Good stuff.

 

Just press the swirly arrow button right above the silver directional pad on the remote (to the right of record) or use the quickplay button on the laptop itself.

The laptop does not need to be off. I am guessing you just have it configured wrong. It quickplay you can chose either analog or digital so you can make sure you picked the right one.

 

To open Quickplay via the remote, just click the button with the "loop symbol" (circle with the arrow) above the silver square / directional buttons. I have modified my start menu too much to remember where Quickplay is located by default within the start menu.

Try using the HP Digital Tuner (need to set it up first) & the signal recieved from there is digital. You probably won't get any better OTA reception than Media Center, but worth a try. Like I said before, you should be able to get a QAM signal (there is an option for that using Quickplay, if you already have cable.

 

Finally have digital reception! You're right, Quickplay did the trick. I was able to choose digital antenna. Funny how when I did the setup originally in MediaCenter, it told me I had 26 digital channels, even though it wasn't using the digital tuner. And why doesn't that little booklet that tells you how to set up the TV mention Quickplay? It only talks about MediaCenter. Still don't have the same channels as my TV though. Oh well, great picture anyway.
Thanks!

 

I got a dv7t from Best Buy (without a TV tuner), and may be interested in buying a third-party tuner...would that work? Also does anyone recommend a certain brand or model?

 

yes I also cannot understand, nowhere written- about tv tuner-

does it work in eastern europe supports PAL system?



one said it is an expresscard and it is removable (when not needed, or may be connected to another laptop or pc), another answer was it is not removable. what is right?

who has hp dv7t notebook with tv tuner and how its look like what features it has?
I need it for connectin mini DV and VHS camera and record video from cassete to laptop and record tv programs so on.

which is faster, multisystem tv tuner for that purpose?

that can be connceted to pc and laptop both.?
aver tv hybrid volar hx?
or avertv nano express?
www.avermedia.com is good but cannot make a choice from the models
usb, expresscard, card bus, pcie or which is appropriate ?
or?

 

my 1st dv7t came with the tv tuner. the reception sucked so i returned the unit and ordered a dv7t without the tv tuner.

so i went onto amazon and got this:

http://www.amazon.com/Hauppauge-119...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1227727520&sr=8-1

works really well, integrates with media center too. the quality is actually really really good. very fluid HD video when connected to a coax connection.

i'd reccommend this one. plus it's cheaper than the hp option.

 

Calm down... you post the same message in multiple threads... and use an obnoxious size font... making it bigger and bolder won't get your questions answered any faster...

- NO it will not work in Europe... They use a different standard...
- The one that comes with the DV7 is a mini PCI-e card... you can get other types of external tuners seperately that use the ExpressCard slot or USB...
- I don't think the built-in TV tuner accepts video input. If you're capturing DV video, use the Firewire port.
- If you want compatibility between PC and notebook, get a USB tuner.