TV on a Laptop?

[Barry Watzman]

A USB external tuner. ATI and Hauppage both make them, as well as one
or two lesser known models.


DaveC wrote:

> What's the cheapest/easiest way to get TV on a laptop? Preferrably an
> N-connector for a cable TV hookup.
>
> Thanks,

[Flik]

that's what i did, got a hauppauge PVR, usb version.

pluged it into my toshiba tecra 9100, got a blank screen, sigh. went to
download new drivers, couldn't solve the problem.

emailed the folks at hauppauge, i'm still waiting for their reply. mean
while, it's working fine on my PC, P3 550Mhz.

"Barry Watzman" <Watzman@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:3EF8DA5E.5050607@neo.rr.com...

> A USB external tuner. ATI and Hauppage both make them, as well as one
> or two lesser known models.
>
>
> DaveC wrote:

> > What's the cheapest/easiest way to get TV on a laptop? Preferrably an
> > N-connector for a cable TV hookup.
> >
> > Thanks,

>

[Tho X. Bui]

I have a MyTV unit that plugs in the USB port. It works fine as a TV
tuner, not as good as a capturing device (big file size). my computer
is an ibook, and I need an imic to import the audio.

Tho

DaveC wrote:

>
> What's the cheapest/easiest way to get TV on a laptop? Preferrably an
> N-connector for a cable TV hookup.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Dave C
> dave+usenet3016@mailblocks.net

[Barry Watzman]

There are a lot of USB devices that require that you install the drivers
BEFORE connecting the device for the FIRST time, and if you don't do
that, that will probably never work.


Flik wrote:

> that's what i did, got a hauppauge PVR, usb version.
>
> pluged it into my toshiba tecra 9100, got a blank screen, sigh. went to
> download new drivers, couldn't solve the problem.
>
> emailed the folks at hauppauge, i'm still waiting for their reply. mean
> while, it's working fine on my PC, P3 550Mhz.
>
> "Barry Watzman" <Watzman@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:3EF8DA5E.5050607@neo.rr.com...
>

>>A USB external tuner. ATI and Hauppage both make them, as well as one
>>or two lesser known models.
>>
>>
>>DaveC wrote:
>>

>>>What's the cheapest/easiest way to get TV on a laptop? Preferrably an
>>>N-connector for a cable TV hookup.
>>>
>>>Thanks,

>>

>
>

[Flik]

yes there are some devices that are like that. but i followed strcitly to
the installation instructions.

anyway, there's no harm trying, i'll give it a try and keep my fingers
cross. =)

"Barry Watzman" <Watzman@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:3EF9F202.8060205@neo.rr.com...

> There are a lot of USB devices that require that you install the drivers
> BEFORE connecting the device for the FIRST time, and if you don't do
> that, that will probably never work.
>
>
> Flik wrote:

> > that's what i did, got a hauppauge PVR, usb version.
> >
> > pluged it into my toshiba tecra 9100, got a blank screen, sigh. went to
> > download new drivers, couldn't solve the problem.
> >
> > emailed the folks at hauppauge, i'm still waiting for their reply. mean
> > while, it's working fine on my PC, P3 550Mhz.
> >
> > "Barry Watzman" <Watzman@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
> > news:3EF8DA5E.5050607@neo.rr.com...
> >

> >>A USB external tuner. ATI and Hauppage both make them, as well as one
> >>or two lesser known models.
> >>
> >>
> >>DaveC wrote:
> >>
> >>>What's the cheapest/easiest way to get TV on a laptop? Preferrably an
> >>>N-connector for a cable TV hookup.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>

> >
> >

>

[Barry Twycross]

In article <3EF9F202.8060205@neo.rr.com>, Barry Watzman
<Watzman@neo.rr.com> wrote:

> There are a lot of USB devices that require that you install the drivers
> BEFORE connecting the device for the FIRST time, and if you don't do
> that, that will probably never work.

Not on a Mac.

On a PC if you plug in a device like that you can be in a situation
where the device will never work. A Mac does not remember failure like
Windows does, so you can unplug it, install the drivers and then plug
it in again and it should work. (For a Mac, not a PC.)

--
Barry
[email]Barry@netbox.com[/email] <http://www.netbox.com/barry>
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[Shih Shoh-cheng]

In article <0001HW.BB1E0E9800021306F058A600@news.covad.net> ,
DaveC <dave+usenet3016@mailblocks.net> wrote:

>What's the cheapest/easiest way to get TV on a laptop? Preferrably an
>N-connector for a cable TV hookup.

Try ATI Xclaim TV USB or Eskape MyTV. ATI's one is good for watching but
bad in recording. MyTV is good for recording but clumsy in watching.