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post #21 of 47
12/8/04 at 6:45pm
can u play xbox or ps2 on the pc with that card?? like does it run smoothly?
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post #22 of 47
12/8/04 at 6:49pm
Sorry, I don't have any consoles to try it on. However, I would assume if the console has an S-Video out then it will work, but there may be some lag.

Steve
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post #23 of 47
12/8/04 at 7:20pm
so, if i want to watch cable tv, just buy this card and install it into my laptop and it's good to go? even with integrated graphics card?

and is this tv tuner pcmcia card better than usb tv tuners like the tv wonder?
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post #24 of 47
12/10/04 at 12:57pm

What Brand?

Sfdoddy, Thanks for the review! Is this the AverTV Cardbus you're using? Also, do you know if it has closed captioning features? My Sager has a built in tuner but it doesn't have closed captioning/subtitles, which sucks the big one. You should be able to find out right away, since the software will have a closed caption button that will either be clickable, or blanked out if it's disabled.
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post #25 of 47
12/10/04 at 10:25pm
Yes, according to the software it does support closed captioning.

Steve
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post #26 of 47
12/11/04 at 4:30am
Lifeview.com is now shipping their PCMCIA TV tuner in the US for $84.95 with support for MPEG 1,2,4 capture. I'm waiting for their HDTV version, Hopefully it will be shipping soon.
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post #27 of 47
12/11/04 at 1:02pm
Sorry, newbie question.

Is PCMCIA faster than USB 2.0 ?
Because IMHO both speed are not much different. CMIIW please
So what's the benefit of the PCMCIA?

Thanks
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post #28 of 47
12/11/04 at 4:08pm
I don't know if we'd notice much difference in speed between USB 2.0 and PCMCIA, but I personally like the cleaner setup with PCMCIA. There's no separate unit dangling around.

Anybody know if the AverTV offering includes an antenna? The Lifeview unit description includes a portable antenna, which is pretty cool.

BTW, what does CMIIW mean?
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post #29 of 47
12/11/04 at 9:44pm
Nope, the Aver product has no aerial.

Steve
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post #30 of 47
12/11/04 at 10:05pm
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Originally Posted by FlyG
I don't know if we'd notice much difference in speed between USB 2.0 and PCMCIA, but I personally like the cleaner setup with PCMCIA. There's no separate unit dangling around.
Hmm I see.
But if so , then the one using PCMCIA don't have antenna, isn't it? because it's usually only a card


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Originally Posted by FlyG
BTW, what does CMIIW mean?
it stands for Correct Me If I'm Wrong
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post #31 of 47
12/12/04 at 1:05pm
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Originally Posted by sfdoddsy
Sorry, I don't have any consoles to try it on. However, I would assume if the console has an S-Video out then it will work, but there may be some lag.

Steve
Do you think you can test without a console. Maybe if you put your computer next to a normal TV and see how much lag the TV show gives on the laptop compared to the TV, it would equal the console lag.

As to the solution to the laptop problem, someone (nintendo, sony, MS) needs to make a firewire adaptor for their console and skip the whole TV tuner process for computers.
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post #32 of 47
12/12/04 at 7:47pm
There is a slight, almost unnoticeable delay. I can only pick it up with the sound. How this affects gaming I have no idea.

Cheers

Steve
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post #33 of 47
1/1/05 at 5:52am
How far does the card stick out of the machine itself?

HD

PS A pic would be cool...
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post #34 of 47
1/1/05 at 10:26am
About an inch and a half. I'll try to dig out my camera tomorrow.

Steve
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post #35 of 47
1/6/05 at 1:30am
So would this be a better bargain than the USB tv tuners?
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post #36 of 47
1/6/05 at 10:14am
From what I hear there is no major performance difference between the PC Card AverTv and the USB one. USB 2.0 is about the same speed as PCMCIA. The PC Card one is smaller and doesn't dangle off the back. I use Firewire for digital input, but for analog input the Aver works as well as I need.

That said, there are more USB tuners than PCMCIA. You can get a proper HD USB tuner, and there is space for more ins and outs and doo-hickeys.

But these are still software dependant so you need a gutsy lappy. To really make life easier a card with full hardware MPEG/AVI conversion is the go, like one of the Canopus cards.

So while the Aver card works very well for the money, and very well for my occasional transference of analog video, if you want the ultimate it will cost more and be much less convenient.

Just to twist in the wind again, however, more and more lappies are coming with built-in tuners/video inputs and they will only get better. So i wouldn't spend up too big.

Cheers
Steve
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post #37 of 47
1/6/05 at 3:25pm
Holy snaps, the ATI TV wonder usb2.0 cost around 100 bucks on amazon. If all TV tuners are this much, is it even worth the money to get it than hooking it up on tv?
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post #38 of 47
1/6/05 at 11:12pm
I got a Hauppauge PVR USB2 from Cicuit City for $99.99 after rebates. I'm gonna use it to digitize tapes and record live video. I consider it worth it, especially because this model includes hardware MPEG encoding. That means about 600 MB per hour for VHS Quality, 4 GB per hour for DVD quality.
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post #39 of 47
1/7/05 at 12:57am
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Originally Posted by olyteddy
I got a Hauppauge PVR USB2 from Cicuit City for $99.99 after rebates. I'm gonna use it to digitize tapes and record live video. I consider it worth it, especially because this model includes hardware MPEG encoding. That means about 600 MB per hour for VHS Quality, 4 GB per hour for DVD quality.
I assume that this TV tunner doesn't have an internal TV Tuner, isn't it? Is there any TV Tuner for notebook that comes with an integrated antenna. Thanks
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post #40 of 47
1/7/05 at 6:29am
As mentioned earlier in this thread, the Lifeview model has a portable antenna included. I don't know how big or small this "portable" antenna is. If you're wanting an antenna integrated into the shell of the tuner, without anything protruding, I don't know if that's possible.
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