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post #1 of 8
5/15/08 at 2:59am
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1. i have heard of a Internal Digital/Analog (ATSC) TV Tuner, what is it, how does it work, and how do you connect to it.

2. what are the differences in vista ultimate vs premium. would it help prevent program not responding errors?

3. does anyone know if alienware will one of these days make the external extreme audio card internal?

4. will alienware withen a couple years offer mobile internal wireless broadband like dell offers?
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post #2 of 8
5/15/08 at 3:01pm
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Originally Posted by Volcano View Post
1. i have heard of a Internal Digital/Analog (ATSC) TV Tuner, what is it, how does it work, and how do you connect to it.

2. what are the differences in vista ultimate vs premium. would it help prevent program not responding errors?

3. does anyone know if alienware will one of these days make the external extreme audio card internal?

4. will alienware withen a couple years offer mobile internal wireless broadband like dell offers?
1. Its a tv tuner/capture device that allows for tuning into broadcast tv channels (analog NTSC *Off air by this time next year and digital ATSC *includes Highdef channels) and also hooking up other video equipment to input into your laptop for viewing/capture like a VCR or such. Using a small or large antenna or standard video cables.

2. Ultimate vs Premium: google.com
No, it will make no difference in Program not Responding Errors

3. NO they wont, but they offer 6.1(maybe even 7.1) audio from an internal/on-motherboard audio controller (ie 9750 and 17x), but dont expect to see a creative external audio card somehow become internal.

4. Possibly, eventually, but dont cross your fingers, AW is a gaming company and 3G phone networks dont provide high enough bandwidth nor low enough latency much less sustained connection reliability enough to make gaming on them (currently) a plausible solution. So since its not a feature gamers are clamoring for, it prolly wont see the light of day in an AW for a long time if at all. AW uses that space to pack in SLI goodness!!!!

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post #3 of 8
5/15/08 at 10:54pm
Just to save you the trouble of searching...

Ultimate: Windows Vista Ultimate combines all the features of the Home Premium and Enterprise editions, plus the "Ultimate Extras" and commercial-grade encryption. "Mainstream Support" for Ultimate ends on April 10, 2012, while Microsoft flags "Extended Support" as "Not Applicable"

Premium:Containing all features from Home Basic, this edition also supports additional features aimed for the home market-segment, such as support for HDTV and DVD-authoring. It also includes "extra premium" games, support for mobile and tablet PCs, for network projectors, for touchscreens, and for auxiliary displays (via Windows SideShow), and a utility to schedule backups. Home Premium supports 10 simultaneous SMB peer-network connections (compared to 5 in Home Basic). The version of Meeting Space included also allows for interaction (in Home Basic, one may only view meetings). This edition has functionality comparable to that of Windows XP Media Center Edition. Like Home Basic, it supports only one physical CPU, but multiple cores. 64-bit Home Premium supports up to 16 GB of physical memory; and Microsoft plans to support it until 2012.
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post #4 of 8
5/16/08 at 2:06am
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great. the tuner is everything i hoped. thought i would never see that happen. now how does it connect to vsrs dvd players ect? a special cable or what (if special cable does it come with system) i asked about the internet card because some might use it for just normal internet.
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post #5 of 8
5/17/08 at 4:55am
3. Creative offers an Express Card X-Fi that sticks out an inch or so. It supposedly makes onboard audio sound weak in comparison.

http://us.creative.com/products/prod...&product=16642
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post #6 of 8
5/17/08 at 2:55pm
AW offers it too, he wanted to know if it would become internal.

But, "make onboard audio..." is pure BS marketing hype. This was true some time ago, but onboard audio has come along way. The only real bennefit these solutions offer is more options, and at least for desktops, eases loads on the cpu. I dont know if that holds for a pcix card though. ontop of that, procs are so fast nowadays that onboard audio is marginal on cpu load, gaining 1-3 frames is not worth the investment, nor the hassle of extra hardware.

And ontop of that, the next gen of desktop grfx cards are doing audio out over hdmi, dont know when we'll see hd audio over hdmi on a latptop, but it all measuresd up to creative sound cards screaming a death knell.
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post #7 of 8
5/17/08 at 7:42pm
I think desktop soundcards still produce way better sounds than your standard onboard audio cards, this is also very noticeable if you have poor speakers...
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post #8 of 8
5/18/08 at 12:30am
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Originally Posted by sid_c View Post
I think desktop soundcards still produce way better sounds than your standard onboard audio cards, this is also very noticeable if you have poor speakers...
not all onboard audio solutions are created equal, some of the better chips on the enthusiast motherboards and others Im sure stack up quite nicely to all but the most discerning ear......

But then again there WAS that recent blind test that had 5 professional audiophiles not able to discern the difference between monsters highest end speaker cables and the same signal transmitted over a coat hanger....

which makes me skeptical more about creative's hype
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