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Media centre

  • 05-10-2006 4:08pm
    #1
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,753 ✭✭✭


    Am considering getting a Media Centre laptop. However the spec doesn't say anything about having a tv tuner. How does media centre work?


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  • #2
    Dundalk Daily
    Closed Accounts Posts: 583 ✭✭✭Dundalk Daily


    I was going to post the same question today. Any help appreciated.


  • #3
    sceptre
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    A laptop is probably not going to have a TV tuner. I'm sure there are a few out there that do, but based purely on the odds, chances are that the one you're looking at doesn't. However, it's shockingly easy to add a tuner that connects via USB.


  • #4
    jimmycrackcorm
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    Media center is very fussy about which tuners it wants. I have a dedicated media center pc. It's brilll for tv recording. the only really useful thing i can think of for a laptop is pausing live TV.


  • #5
    mathias
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    Yeah ...see I agree with the above , I dont see the need for MCE on a laptop , all its main features are useless on a laptop ,

    TV recording etc , large fonts and album view , picture view etc are meant for a Large TV , not a laptop !!

    Still , might do for a small bedsit type place I suppose , but the best TV tuners as far as I know , only come in PCI card format !!


  • #6
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,573 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    some of the new hp laptops lnclude tv tuners bout i think they would be digital only to get dnalogue youd need something like http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/Hauppauge_Special_Edition_USB_2.0_TV_Tuner_1140/version.asp

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  • #7
    CuLT
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    I have MCE on my laptop for integration with my xbox 360 and projector.

    Can't see why anyone would rule it out... why would you want a big, chunky, noisy PC with media centre? o_O

    I don't use a TV tuner card, but the last one I saw was a PCMCIA one being sold with a laptop in Lidl.


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