The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    5790 tv tuner

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by pimpdiddy, Aug 1, 2007.

  1. pimpdiddy

    pimpdiddy Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    74
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    can someone please post thoughts/comments/PICS of quality of tv tuner ?

    thank you in advance,
    frank
     
    pimpdiddy, Aug 1, 2007
    #1
  2. bazald

    bazald Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    54
    Messages:
    278
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I haven't used it yet. Maybe in a few days when I get some "free time" I'll give it a try. Feel free to PM me to remind me :)
     
    bazald, Aug 2, 2007
    #2
  3. Erichards

    Erichards Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I am also pretty interested in the tv tuner so I would appreciate it as well!
     
    Erichards, Aug 2, 2007
    #3
  4. ldiamond

    ldiamond Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    3
    Messages:
    571
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I suppose you can buy one by yourself and just stick it in, right?
    Doesnt have to be a specific part #..?
     
    ldiamond, Aug 2, 2007
    #4
  5. bazald

    bazald Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    54
    Messages:
    278
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    31
    So, I recorded three 1-minute clips earlier today. These clips are probably a reasonable demonstration of the quality you could expect after the 5-minute setup procedure. I am uploading them right now, so I should be able to post links within a couple of hours. (They are ~67 MB each, and I'm not about to tamper with them using compression software.)

    I was disappointed to find that the software they chose to include for television recording is not the most recent version. It would cost $50 to upgrade from 4.7 to 5.0. I suppose I don't know what I'm missing.
     
    bazald, Aug 4, 2007
    #5
  6. Romanian

    Romanian Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    41
    Messages:
    448
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I doubt you're missing much. There's nothing they can really do to improve quality through firmware, and any special capture/compression things you can download from a third party.
     
    Romanian, Aug 5, 2007
    #6
  7. bazald

    bazald Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    54
    Messages:
    278
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    31
    bazald, Aug 5, 2007
    #7
  8. Derq

    Derq Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    30
    Messages:
    362
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    what exactly can i do with a tv tuner, can i plug in my coax cable and watch dutch television? :p
     
    Derq, Aug 5, 2007
    #8
  9. ldiamond

    ldiamond Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    3
    Messages:
    571
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    there seem to be a coax port on the m570ru.
     
    ldiamond, Aug 5, 2007
    #9
  10. bazald

    bazald Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    54
    Messages:
    278
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    31
    It actually appears to be a proprietary port. (If anyone can tell me what "standard" it adheres to, I'd be interested.) The notebook comes with two tiny little adapters that can be used to convert it to take a standard coaxial cable or an antenna.

    Edit: On closer inspection, it is labelled "CATV".
     
    bazald, Aug 5, 2007
    #10