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Just wondering if anyone has one of these in their PC, as I am currently looking at getting one, as I really dont want to lug a TV to Uni. Understandably the quality wont be as good in most of the cheaper ones, but if someone could recommend one to me, it'd be of great help. I'm just looking for the basic thing really, maybe text as well, nothing too fancy (or expensive). Thanks in advance...
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I reacently installed a compro videomate gold +2 , can't get the power on function to work because i would need to rewire my on switch because it and the light are all joined together into the same connecter, the tv card doesnt take a double one.
The actual tv quality is good, will be better when i plug it into a main arial, i have to plug my speakers into the card aswell at the back, i cant find the aux sound port on my mainboard, therefor have to switch when i want to watch TV.
recording works perfectly doing it instant, havent tested a scheduled record yet.
the remote is nice.
The actual tv quality is good, will be better when i plug it into a main arial, i have to plug my speakers into the card aswell at the back, i cant find the aux sound port on my mainboard, therefor have to switch when i want to watch TV.
recording works perfectly doing it instant, havent tested a scheduled record yet.
the remote is nice.
Don't forget your TV license.
yeah cheers.
Cheers Nimco, I'll give it a try when I have time to make use of the trial period (finishing uni coursework at the moment :'^( )
Another way of doing the TV thing is to get a very basic video input card and some free viewing software.
Then you get a VCR (which has TV tuner stuff built into it so it can pick up and record TV signals).
You hook the VCR to the video input (and audio input or some speakers), probably using a scart to composite (red, white, yellow) cable.
Then you select channels through the VCR, and display the video input directly.
No teletext, but you should be able to find any info you'd want on the net.
If you'd have a video anyway that'd be the cheapest way to do it (cost: one cheap video input card and maybe a couple of cables).
Another way of doing the TV thing is to get a very basic video input card and some free viewing software.
Then you get a VCR (which has TV tuner stuff built into it so it can pick up and record TV signals).
You hook the VCR to the video input (and audio input or some speakers), probably using a scart to composite (red, white, yellow) cable.
Then you select channels through the VCR, and display the video input directly.
No teletext, but you should be able to find any info you'd want on the net.
If you'd have a video anyway that'd be the cheapest way to do it (cost: one cheap video input card and maybe a couple of cables).
Tomm wrote:
> Just wondering if anyone has one of these in their PC, as I am
> currently looking at getting one, as I really dont want to lug a TV
> to Uni. Understandably the quality wont be as good in most of the
> cheaper ones, but if someone could recommend one to me, it'd be of
> great help. I'm just looking for the basic thing really, maybe text
> as well, nothing too fancy (or expensive). Thanks in advance...
Tomm... Your the guy thats going to York right? I have a freeview tuner in my PC which works despite what the freeview website says... which college are you going to be in? <-- That matters a lot.
> Just wondering if anyone has one of these in their PC, as I am
> currently looking at getting one, as I really dont want to lug a TV
> to Uni. Understandably the quality wont be as good in most of the
> cheaper ones, but if someone could recommend one to me, it'd be of
> great help. I'm just looking for the basic thing really, maybe text
> as well, nothing too fancy (or expensive). Thanks in advance...
Tomm... Your the guy thats going to York right? I have a freeview tuner in my PC which works despite what the freeview website says... which college are you going to be in? <-- That matters a lot.
By the way guys the best freeview tuner on the market bar none (developed by a small British company):
www.nebula-electronics.com
Allows many things including streaming TV over a network etc...record while you watch - you can even record more than one channel at a time if they lie in the same multiplex...
I highly recommend it - the update frequency is also impressive
www.nebula-electronics.com
Allows many things including streaming TV over a network etc...record while you watch - you can even record more than one channel at a time if they lie in the same multiplex...
I highly recommend it - the update frequency is also impressive
tigamilla wrote:
> Tomm... Your the guy thats going to York right? I have a freeview
> tuner in my PC which works despite what the freeview website says...
> which college are you going to be in? <-- That matters a lot.
There are 5 of us coming from the same Sixth Form. Three of us have accommo info, me and another guy dont. I've been patiently waiting, and apparantly it should come 2 weeks before I start, which only leaves a couple of days. If the other guy gets it and I dont then I'll ring up and see what's going on.
For reference one guy is in Goodriche A. Another in Edens Court F and the other in Edens court quiet area :P
> Tomm... Your the guy thats going to York right? I have a freeview
> tuner in my PC which works despite what the freeview website says...
> which college are you going to be in? <-- That matters a lot.
There are 5 of us coming from the same Sixth Form. Three of us have accommo info, me and another guy dont. I've been patiently waiting, and apparantly it should come 2 weeks before I start, which only leaves a couple of days. If the other guy gets it and I dont then I'll ring up and see what's going on.
For reference one guy is in Goodriche A. Another in Edens Court F and the other in Edens court quiet area :P
Hmm... I think that Goodricke should be fine for freeview, Eden's court and Halifax are concrete jungles and I had very little luck getting my tuner to pick up more than a single channel, (and that was by dangling my aerial out of a third storey window). (I live very close to campus now in a so called freeview deadzone - yet the reception is brilliant)
If you end up in Alcuin or James college, each room has a TV socket so that should work perfectly. I would hold out on the purchase until you know which college you're going to end up in...
If you end up in Alcuin or James college, each room has a TV socket so that should work perfectly. I would hold out on the purchase until you know which college you're going to end up in...
Ask him where he is in Goodricke A. I was in Goodricke A last year.
I was ground floor, and I was one of the few people who could get an analogue signal at all. I tried Freeview, but with the aerial I had and the booster I was using, it would only pick up a few channels - none of the major ones like BBC either.
Ask him which room he's in, and I might be able to tell him for sure either way.
I was ground floor, and I was one of the few people who could get an analogue signal at all. I tried Freeview, but with the aerial I had and the booster I was using, it would only pick up a few channels - none of the major ones like BBC either.
Ask him which room he's in, and I might be able to tell him for sure either way.
Nimco wrote:
> Ask him which room he's in, and I might be able to tell him for sure
> either way.
I'm not sure he's taking a TV so I dont think he's bothered. But yeah I'll wait till I find out which college i'm in before I commit.
> Ask him which room he's in, and I might be able to tell him for sure
> either way.
I'm not sure he's taking a TV so I dont think he's bothered. But yeah I'll wait till I find out which college i'm in before I commit.
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