Pen Drive USB TV Tuner for Notebook

bdav · 19-09-2005, 19:47

Hi all,

I have just ordered one of these:

Here

Has anyone had any experience of these things? I have seen the Hauppauge PVR2USB things which look pretty huge - is this thing going to be awfull because of its size??? I havent been able to find any reviews on Google - just snippets from the link above. I dont think its been out too long. I was hoping to use it with my Powerbook - but the drivers are still being made - hopefully out soon.

So - any chance of it being 1/2 decent??

Bdav

paul11974 · 19-09-2005, 20:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by bdav

Hi all,

I have just ordered one of these:

Here

Has anyone had any experience of these things? I have seen the Hauppauge PVR2USB things which look pretty huge - is this thing going to be awfull because of its size??? I havent been able to find any reviews on Google - just snippets from the link above. I dont think its been out too long. I was hoping to use it with my Powerbook - but the drivers are still being made - hopefully out soon.

So - any chance of it being 1/2 decent??

Bdav

did you look HERE

bdav · 19-09-2005, 20:04

Too big to take around with PBK, needs PSU, and doesnt do analogue - never too sure about freeview reception.

19-09-2005, 20:06

if it works as billed, that will be awesome - but I wonder how good a signal it needs, to work with the supplied antenna?

bdav · 19-09-2005, 20:11

Thats what I was worrying about. What I realy wanted was just a video input to connect my XBOX with windows media centre extender to my pc- but got a bit carried away! Anyways - it would be nice if the arial was ok, as I could use it in the car, and possibly on the train (save looking slightly odd setting out an arial on the table).

Will report back on thursday! (if it comes back in stock in time...)

19-09-2005, 20:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by bdav

Thats what I was worrying about. What I realy wanted was just a video input to connect my XBOX with windows media centre extender to my pc- but got a bit carried away! Anyways - it would be nice if the arial was ok, as I could use it in the car, and possibly on the train (save looking slightly odd setting out an arial on the table).

Will report back on thursday! (if it comes back in stock in time...)

will be interested to hear

handyman · 19-09-2005, 20:25

I always prefer pcmcia cards to usb dongles like this one - Linky (cheaper too)

And if you require digital to try this

bdav · 19-09-2005, 20:28

Looks good, but baby powerbook doesnt have a pcmcia slot

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(and it doesnt have a built in MPEG encoder - it just sends jpeg frames so I dont think the raw video quality is as good - tuning may be a different ball game though!)

handyman · 19-09-2005, 20:34

2nd one does but i did not know your powerbook was lacking in that port. Np

Might consider one for myself though...

Hom3r · 03-11-2005, 21:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by bdav

Hi all,

I have just ordered one of these:

Here

Has anyone had any experience of these things? I have seen the Hauppauge PVR2USB things which look pretty huge - is this thing going to be awfull because of its size??? I havent been able to find any reviews on Google - just snippets from the link above. I dont think its been out too long. I was hoping to use it with my Powerbook - but the drivers are still being made - hopefully out soon.

So - any chance of it being 1/2 decent??

Bdav

How are you getting on with it

was it easy to install

is it easy to use

what channels do you get via the supplied aerial

is it digital
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i'm looking at getting one of these for my laptop (I cannot get freeview through the Co-axial cm20)