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    Cheap Tv Turner

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by wolfstar, Jun 22, 2005.

  1. wolfstar

    wolfstar Notebook Guru

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    I want to watch tv on my notebook, would like something that is not CPU intensive.
    I dont want to capture video, just watch, smaller is better.

    i guess Pcima card might be the smallest one i guess
     
    wolfstar, Jun 22, 2005
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  2. X24

    X24 Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm guessing you are looking for small becuase you have that asus notebook there that is pretty small itself!?!??!?!

    Anyway, i'd search newegg for one, most of the time they'd have a good selection of what you are wanting to look for, but i'm kinda lazy right now so basically its just a bump for your own thread?

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    ~~Averatec:amd3000+/512mb/80gb/integrated gfx $1000
    ~~Acer: 1.8ghz PM/512mb/100gb/9700 64mb $1350
    ~~Emachines:3400+/512mb/80gb/9600 64mb $850?
     
    X24, Jun 22, 2005
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  3. Arla

    Arla Notebook Deity

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    I have an ACERTV CARDBUS TV Tuner (think that's what it was called) and it works nicely, watching TV seems fine, Recording is a little more work, but works fine and playing video games seems to work equally well (no lag time).

    For $70 it works great (and it's fairly small, being PCMCIA).

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    Arla, Jun 23, 2005
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  4. BlueDemon

    BlueDemon Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not as small as a PC card, but the ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0 is worth considering at $99 MSRP. BesBuy had it on sale last week for $59.99.

    17" PowerBook: 1.33GHz, 1.5GB RAM, 80 GB 5400 RPM HDD, SuperDrive, Airport Extreme & Bluetooth
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    Dell Dimension 8300: 2.8 GHz P4 w/ HT, 800 MHz FSB, 1GB RAM, Sony 17" LCD
     
    BlueDemon, Jun 24, 2005
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