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    dv6500 pcmcia slot or alternative

    Discussion in 'HP' started by mbridges, Jul 11, 2007.

  1. mbridges

    mbridges Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello all,

    I was about to buy the dv6500 but wanted to know if there was a pcmcia slot on it. I have tv tuner thats a pcmcia i use on my older acer laptop and I couldn't find anything about pcmcia on dv6500. Is there some kind of alternative to use my pcmcia tv tuner if there is no pcmcia slot? thx
     
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    lupin..the..3rd Notebook Evangelist

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    PCMCIA is dead. No new notebooks have that anymore. Get with the times d00d:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpressCard
     
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    thanks but your comment didn't help in any sense.
     
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    Greg, Jul 12, 2007
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    Thanks Greg! That's exactly what I was looking for! I guess buying an expresscard tv tuner or a usb tv tuner would be cheaper. Problem is I travel a lot to Asia and Europe for work, and the old pcmcia tv tuner card I have has global support (NTSC, PAL, SECAM). Can anybody please point me to a similar global tv tuner usb or expresscard? Thanks so much!
     
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