TV card for laptop/DVDRW in house

cormie · 04-06-2004 10:59AM #1

Hi, are there TV cards available for laptops or would they just be able to work in a pc? If they are PCI slots??? I'm not too familiar with the meanings etc.

Also, I have a HD housing unit that hooks up to laptop via usb, would it be ok to hook up an internal DVDRW to this or would it not work properly?
thanks

hostyle · 04-06-2004 11:47AM

Originally posted by cormie
Hi, are there TV cards available for laptops or would they just be able to work in a pc? If they are PCI slots??? I'm not too familiar with the meanings etc.

You can get USB ones.

Also, I have a HD housing unit that hooks up to laptop via usb, would it be ok to hook up an internal DVDRW to this or would it not work properly?

I'd like to see you try

I don't think its possible to fit a DVD-RW into a an external HDD case. They are completely different sizes.

cormie · 04-06-2004 06:28PM

not the fit, just the connectivity. Like it will work properly yeah? Any links to USB Tv card thingys?

dogz · 05-06-2004 10:59PM

the dvd-rw should yea

RicardoSmith · 05-06-2004 11:22PM

If the DVDRW is IDE then it will fit in a 5.25" IDE/USB2 external enclosure. It won't fit in a 3.5 or 2.5 enclosure.

You can get USB2 TV box in/out that will work on a laptop. If your laptop has USB2 then you should get an enclosure and TV box that are USB2 as well.

hostyle · 06-06-2004 10:22AM

USB TV cards - scroll down a bit.

TV card for laptop/DVDRW in house

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