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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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Nimco wrote:
> What subject you doing?
Maths and Computing. So do you know anything about Fairfax?
> What subject you doing?
Maths and Computing. So do you know anything about Fairfax?
What subject you doing?
Got put in Fairfax, supposedly no Internet in those rooms? Balls...
Just called up and it's beeing fitted this week. Wonderful! It seems i'm on the opposite side of campus to the rest. It's only quoted as a ten minute walk, so I suppose it's reasonable :D
Just called up and it's beeing fitted this week. Wonderful! It seems i'm on the opposite side of campus to the rest. It's only quoted as a ten minute walk, so I suppose it's reasonable :D
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.
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.
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...
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
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
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.
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).
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