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    mini TV card for acer 1802?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by markiet, Dec 17, 2004.

  1. markiet

    markiet Notebook Enthusiast

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    has anyone used or even seen the mini PCI TV card for the 1802 - is itr any good , what software doe it come with etc?

    thanks
     
    markiet, Dec 17, 2004
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    Dee Notebook Enthusiast

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    I contacted Acer about that and the guy told me they will not have one for the aspire 1800 series, which i feel is a total ripp off checking that they flaunt that in their features on the website.

    Quote from Acer Rep:

    "I apologize for the delay. Acer America does not offer an optional TV tuner for this system.

    Respectfully,
    Bernice Craig
    Acer America E-Mail Technical Support"

    And i know he knows which system i'm talking about because i had contacted him before about upgrades for my laptop.

    TOTALLY SUCKS!!! But i got an ATI USB2 TV Wonder, and it works like a charm, capturing and viewing. Only gripe is that when playing my xbox it lags by 1 sec.

    I found a solution,this should work for those of you having the same prob with USB TV cards on their laptop, I used FullScreen TV to view my TV wonder. The quality is a little less than if i used ATI's TV software but there's no lag and its full screen on my 17" display.
     
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  3. markiet

    markiet Notebook Enthusiast

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    a search on the web found that the card is made by twinhan - maybe they have a verison that is commercially available.

    i'm not impressed , they announce all these great features and you dig a little deeper and find them to be false.
     
    markiet, Dec 17, 2004
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