| Arandora |
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| Mon Aug 25 2003 09:45 PM |
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Anybody know anything about this "cute" device from www.gadget.com?
"Turn Your Computer Into A Video Entertainment System For Just £54.95.
Get More From Your Computer:
External USB TV device with built-in TV Tuner
Hardware push button for motion capture, snap shot and channel selection
Image/Video capture including external video source output
Snapshot function at 640x480 pixels format
Video source and video standard selection NTSC and PAL
Remote control included
Experience the future of TV by watching TV on your PC. The ingenious USB TV Tuner allows you to bring television to your desktop or notebook computer. That's not all! You can also capture live video, still images and record your favourite TV programs.
Order the amazing USB TV Tuner, plug it into your USB Port and turn your computer into a video entertainment system.
Audio output allows for connection directly to external speakers or by using included stereo cable to connect directly to sound card 'line in'
Includes video editing software
Resizable TV window from QCIF size to full screen
181 channel ready TV Tuner Function
Parental channel Lock-out
25 Channel Preview
Channel number direct input
Auto channel scan
Optional FM radio and remote control functions"
Sounds interesting!
The thirst for knowledge is sometimes sweeter than a pint of Stella!
| greysts |
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| Mon Aug 25 2003 10:10 PM |
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Re: TV by USB
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Hauppage do much the same thing for more or less the same price. The advertising blurb is a little over the top. Video Entertainment System? It's just TV on your PC. A 181 Channel ready Tuner is great if you've actually got 181 channels available. As this device will only pick up analogue signals you'll get the 5 terrestrial channels that we all get (BBC1, 2, ITV, Channel 4 and Five). The future of TV? TV cards have been available for over 5 years so it's hardly the future. You will of course also need a TV aerial. Recording live TV will also eat up acres of your Hard Disc.
If you really want to watch TV on your PC I would probably get one of the new generation of cards that can pick up the free-to-air digital TV and radio channels. I think some are available right now and I saw an article about one that's due out soon for about £90.
| Arandora |
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| Mon Aug 25 2003 10:14 PM |
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Re: TV by USB
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Just call me gullible! I really need to watch less TV not more!!!
Thanks
The thirst for knowledge is sometimes sweeter than a pint of Stella!
TheFatControlleR
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| Mon Aug 25 2003 10:15 PM |
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Hi Alan, Spencer,
As you rightly say Spencer, Freeview compatible PC receivers are already available, here, for example.
TFC
Nothing is a problem for me...
| greysts |
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| Mon Aug 25 2003 10:30 PM |
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Thanks FC
There's some nice stuff out there. The only problem I've now got is whether I can get the digital stuff off my original aerial. I had a quick look at the web site and it suggests that for my postcode I might need a new aerial.
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TheFatControlleR
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| Mon Aug 25 2003 10:42 PM |
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Ce la vie!
There's often a spanner hanging like the Sword of Damacles waiting to fall into the works!
(How's that for a mixed metaphore
).TFC
Nothing is a problem for me...
| putasolutions |
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| Mon Aug 25 2003 10:51 PM |
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I can't even get freeview
Of all the Things I've lost, I miss my mind the most
| greysts |
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| Wed Aug 27 2003 10:38 AM |
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Re: TV by USB
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That might be a blessing in disguise. Some of the c..p that gets through my satellite receiver has to be seen to be believed. Throwing C list celebrities out of aeroplanes?!
| bricat |
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| Wed Aug 27 2003 12:29 PM |
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good idea, i hope they havn't got parachutes, please tell me they havn't got parachutes. lol
if i had known i would live this long, i would have taken better care of myself.
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TheFatControlleR
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| Wed Aug 27 2003 01:05 PM |
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As an aside to greysts' observations....
TFC
Nothing is a problem for me...
| Barney_Rubble |
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| Tue Sep 02 2003 03:15 PM |
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Re: TV by USB
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Language, FC !!!!
It's C'est la vie!
Sorry. Couldn't help it. Must be my French ancestry. Apparently we came for a holiday in 1066 and liked the cold and damp so much we never left.
There is intelligent life on Earth, but I'm only visiting.
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TheFatControlleR
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| Tue Sep 02 2003 03:28 PM |
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Well, being British & lazy what else would you expect, you're lucky I even attempted a bit of foreign
TFC
Nothing is a problem for me...