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| 648687 | 2008-03-12 00:11:00 | I want to get a USB (i.e external) TV Tuner for my laptop. However, my laptop supports high definition, so it should really be a digital one plus the area I live in has poor analog reception. Do any of you knowledgeable one's know if any available TV tuners will support Freeview? I contacted ascent but they believe I will need a Freeview decoder as well. Note that I am wanting to use the terrestrial service for the sake of HD. |
AST (13503) | ||
| 648688 | 2008-03-12 00:30:00 | But does it support HD TV or something, or HD Audio?? Theres a diff Something like this (http://www.team-mediaportal.com/) should work. If you get a tuner that supports Freeview. No need to get a decoder. You just have to figure out, how to configure it. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 648689 | 2008-03-12 00:43:00 | Well the laptop has an HDMI port with a nvidia 8xxx series video card (8400GT) and a sigmatel high definition audio codec whatever that means . I have no idea how I would go about getting freeview to work . I thought of getting this TV tuner: . ascent . co . nz/productspecification . aspx?ItemID=349071" target="_blank">www . ascent . co . nz Hauppauge WinTV-HVR900 Digital/Analogue Hybrid TV Tuner, External, USB 2 . 0 The other question is, what sort of aerial would I need? I contacted freeview, but being a government organization they don't really have 'customer' support AND it seems as though they don't even know the answer . |
AST (13503) | ||
| 648690 | 2008-03-12 00:48:00 | Terrestrial uses a normal / UHF aerial. So, if you have one, just plug it into the tuner. I think if you want HD, you need a TV or monitor that supports HDMI. So, you would have to connect the laptop 's video out (if it has it) to a TV thats got HDMI connections on it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 648691 | 2008-03-12 02:42:00 | The resolution of your laptop monitor should almost cetainly be enough to handle HD and also you can use the HDMI port on the laptop to connect to a tv for HD as well presuming the port is HDCP compliant which it probably is. With Digital Terestrial TV you will need a UHF aerial on the roof like this one (www.dse.co.nz) then with RG6 cable or similar running down to where you want your laptop which makes it kind of immobile for watching TV. Then you will need software on your laptop to watch the tv with Such as Mediaportal or DVBViewer (these are the main 2 that support NZ DVB-T transmissions) the software with the card would probably be Win Tv which only works with satellite freeview or normal analogue TV And the Hauppauge HVR-900 would be a good choice for this purpose I see it comes with a DVB-T aerial but i would imagine you would need to be in a pretty good signal area for this to work well. |
hazza87 (12499) | ||
| 648692 | 2008-03-12 02:42:00 | if you head over to geekzone and do a search there are several threads on this topic. The HVR-900 you mention has been made to work by several people, but only with 3rd party software & codecs and after a bit of set-up. It doesn't seem like anyone has made it work with media centre, media portal, or it's own software as yet. By default it seems to expect mpeg 2. Personally I'm waiting until the terrestrial service is launched and someone sells an out of the box pc solution. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 648693 | 2008-03-12 05:04:00 | I don't really have access to a roof aerial, so thats a problem. I could however just wait for more guinea pigs to work things out. | AST (13503) | ||
| 648694 | 2008-03-12 05:21:00 | Hold up, I live on the terrace in wellington (like 2 minutes walk from CBD), shouldn't my reception be good enough? | AST (13503) | ||
| 648695 | 2008-03-12 05:27:00 | Should be, but you may still need an aerial, to get a decent picture Since Freeview is UHF isnt it?? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 648696 | 2008-03-12 05:44:00 | Well the laptop has an HDMI port with a nvidia 8xxx series video card (8400GT) and a sigmatel high definition audio codec whatever that means . I have no idea how I would go about getting freeview to work . I thought of getting this TV tuner: . ascent . co . nz/productspecification . aspx?ItemID=349071" target="_blank">www . ascent . co . nz Hauppauge WinTV-HVR900 Digital/Analogue Hybrid TV Tuner, External, USB 2 . 0 The other question is, what sort of aerial would I need? I contacted freeview, but being a government organization they don't really have 'customer' support AND it seems as though they don't even know the answer . That tuner only has a resolution of 720x576 which is Standard definition (like on everyday DVD's) . For HD you need a higher resolution . Ken |
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