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Alienware area51m with TV-Tuner

post #1 of 47
10/7/04 at 10:05pm
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Guys:

I saw today my friend's area 51m laptop. He received his laptop last week, and his laptop came with a tv-in port.

Why in the alienware web site do not appear this information?

Here is some pictures of the laptop.
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post #2 of 47
10/7/04 at 10:24pm
There is no TV Tuner on the A51m. They had to take it out as the GPU module takes up the space previously dedicated for a tuner if I'm not mistaken.
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post #3 of 47
10/7/04 at 10:46pm
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Craig, I saw the laptop today, it cames with the ATI9700 video card, and the tv in port in the right side of the laptop. Also it came with and adapter that conect to the tv in port.
May be tommorrow I will have more pictures.
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post #4 of 47
10/7/04 at 10:54pm
I think you're looking at a TV Out Port.
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post #5 of 47
10/7/04 at 11:03pm
TV out is in the left side... and its yellow... I dunno man my tv tuner slot thing is covered not open like yours.
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post #6 of 47
10/7/04 at 11:16pm
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Exactly, tv out port is on the left side (s-video port) and it is yellow. TV-tuner port is on the right side.
Anyway, I will try to get more pictures when the tv tuner is in action.
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post #7 of 47
10/7/04 at 11:21pm
Does he have the older model Clevo?
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post #8 of 47
10/7/04 at 11:29pm
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He bought the laptop 4 to 5 weeks ago, and recevied it last week. Today he show me the laptop because I want to see the 3DMark05 Score on an ATI 9700 card. I was very surprised because I bought my laptop on June 2004, and it don't came with the tv tuner port, just with the slot covered.
I just contact my friend, and this weekend I will try to post more pictures, with the tv tuner adapter and the with the tv-tuner program running.
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post #9 of 47
10/8/04 at 3:20am
I've had my 51-m lappy for about 3 weeks now and mine also came with a fully functioning tv-in port. Not only that but it was shipped with the TV Tuner hardware and software to use the port. I never saw it on the web-site nor did I ask for it but yet there it is..
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post #10 of 47
10/8/04 at 3:50am
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Originally Posted by Qckning
I've had my 51-m lappy for about 3 weeks now and mine also came with a fully functioning tv-in port. Not only that but it was shipped with the TV Tuner hardware and software to use the port. I never saw it on the web-site nor did I ask for it but yet there it is..
Hey, I got the same thing, and didnt ask for it. If anyone knows how to use it or what I can do with it let me know.
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post #11 of 47
10/8/04 at 5:40am
So is this to say that all new models are shipping with TV-IN ports? That's rockin. Time to start saving some Conan O'brien Episodes =)
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post #12 of 47
10/8/04 at 9:53am
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Thank you guys....
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post #13 of 47
10/8/04 at 10:23am
Well that's good news then!
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post #14 of 47
10/8/04 at 10:29am
are you sure thats good news? I think I would rather have a bigger cpu fan...
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post #15 of 47
10/8/04 at 3:50pm
well if the newer ones are coming with a tv tuner, all the more better cause hopefully mine is going into production on monday.
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post #16 of 47
10/8/04 at 8:46pm
My Roswell-M came with a TV-in port and the S-Video out port. It even came with the video capture box to plug the coax into (also it has RCA and another S-Video built into the box) . I don't even remember ordering it but it is there on the invoice so I am not going to argue .
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post #17 of 47
10/9/04 at 12:20am
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Originally Posted by humanclay12
Guys:

I saw today my friend's area 51m laptop. He received his laptop last week, and his laptop came with a tv-in port.

Why in the alienware web site do not appear this information?

Here is some pictures of the laptop.

Thats not a TV Tuner. That is a TV OUT S-Video. That port allows you to connect to a TV (OUTPUT ONLY) and use your TV as a screen.

A TV Tuner allows to hook up a cable so you can get and watch TV channels / stations (INPUT / OUTPUT).
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post #18 of 47
10/9/04 at 1:45am
I dont think your right sangria7. Im looking at mine right now and it says tv in.
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post #19 of 47
10/9/04 at 2:11am
Some of the laptops have S-video ports in that location, but the pictures he posted are not of an S-video port, they are for an external video I/O box proprietary to the video card they have.
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post #20 of 47
10/9/04 at 2:17am
On the left side of my laptop there is a yellow jack with a little TV right over it, and on the right side there is one where the tuner connects, and right next to it it says TV IN. I cant figure out how the hell to use it though lol.
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