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TV on laptop

  • 05-08-2006 12:38pm
    #1
    storka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 239 ✭✭


    Hey i dont know if this is the right section but i'll ask anyway. I want to get one of those devices to be able to watch and record tv on my laptop so I was just wondering which products people would recommend for me. Is something like this any good? http://www.buy4now.ie/galaxy-computer/aspx/productdetail.aspx?pid=3045&loc=P&catid=74 and what software would i need to download?
    Thanks:)


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  • #2
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    storka wrote:
    Hey i dont know if this is the right section but i'll ask anyway. I want to get one of those devices to be able to watch and record tv on my laptop so I was just wondering which products people would recommend for me. Is something like this any good? http://www.buy4now.ie/galaxy-computer/aspx/productdetail.aspx?pid=3045&loc=P&catid=74 and what software would i need to download?
    Thanks:)

    I don't know about the specifics of this particular device, but these things usually come with the required software to record/watch tv on the laptop.

    The biggest problems with these things is the quality of the broadcast signal. I use a tv card (a USB model) and I can't get a decent signal for RTE/TV3/TG4. The only way I can watch tv is if I plug the card into my Sky digibox. Not very practical if you are on the bus.


  • #3
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Never heard of those ADS tuners perhaps a more safer bet would be this AverMedia unit they are a fairly well established brand and their tuner has better features plus is cheaper.

    Windows MCE compatible (if you ever go down that route)
    DVB-T support (no DVB-T broadcasters in Ireland though)
    Analog TV support
    S-video/composite audio/video input
    FM radio tuner support


  • #4
    Slippin Jimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,033 ✭✭✭Slippin Jimmy


    8T8 wrote:
    Never heard of those ADS tuners perhaps a more safer bet would be this AverMedia unit they are a fairly well established brand and their tuner has better features plus is cheaper.

    Windows MCE compatible (if you ever go down that route)
    DVB-T support (no DVB-T broadcasters in Ireland though)
    Analog TV support
    S-video/composite audio/video input
    FM radio tuner support

    Just having a quick look through this thread, and I see the card posted above. What sort of TV channels would I be able to get on my laptop, would it just be Irish channels or would it be possible to get channels from around the world sorta things?


  • #5
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    The only stuff you can get over the analog tuner is the standard over the air broadcasts of RTE 1/2, TV3 etc.

    DVB-T which is the terrestrial digital video broadcast system has no broadcasters in Ireland though the UK has the Freeview system some folks who live near the border in the North have claimed to pick up the signal which would give you access to those channels assuming they were watchable as others have said the signal was too weak and patchy at best.

    The card does have an s-video & composite input so you could actually plug in a STB (set top box) if you wanted to watch the output from something like Sky, NTL or Chorus on your laptop.


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