TV Tuner for HP Laptop
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| 1 | What's peoples opinion on getting one of these when in fact most channels are accessible online anyway? If it's considered yes, what's a good one to get for use on an HP laptop? johnhb - 2020-11-18 11:01:00 |
| 2 | If you can find such a thing, because it has to be compatible with NZ Freeview, either satellite or terrestrial, I would suggest it's going to be rather unwieldy for laptop use. The tuner unit will need to tethered to the laptop, via USB I'd expect, and in turn an aerial of some sort will need to be tethered to the tuner. Edited by floydbloke at 11:34 am, Wed 18 Nov floydbloke - 2020-11-18 11:33:00 |
| 3 | I've bought 2 or 3 of this type of thing over the years, but not the exact one. Ya got me going but can only find the loading disc now lol Worked perfect if i got the antenna working good. Got all the freeview channels perfectly if antenna was in a happy spot but not the best reception where we are so either perfect or nothing. Only cost $16 when i bought them about 10 years ago or whenever freeview arrived. Just running on an old laptop. Ask questions first because when i see one running on a cell phone like in some of the pics i wonder if its the right thing like i had. Called Mini Dongle DVB-T by memory. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32801024789.html?spm=a2g0o.p Edited by yz490 at 12:54 pm, Wed 18 Nov yz490 - 2020-11-18 12:48:00 |
| 4 | Just remembered I can find most programmes online (except for Prime for some strange reason). So I wonder if the idea of have a dongle and "watching TV" via that way is obsolete? johnhb - 2020-11-18 16:30:00 |
| 5 | Probably. Youd also be able to get wayyyy more programs on the net. Edited by nice_lady at 4:41 pm, Wed 18 Nov nice_lady - 2020-11-18 16:39:00 |
| 6 | You used to be able to get those AverMedia boxes that would connect to the aerial cable and then make tuning/watching available over the local network. soundsgood - 2020-11-18 18:26:00 |
| 7 | In that past we used a USB Gigabyte TV Tuner. You still need a outdoor aerial to get a decent reception unless you are right in the prime area or on the hill overlooking the TV towers. They come in terrestrial or satellite versions. Now we just watch TV1, 2, 3, Duke, Bravo online streaming. We used a splitter and ran TV cables to bedrooms but b/c we are not in a good reception area the signal drops off. So we no longer do that. TV room is just a single straight cable to the aerial. rayonline_tm - 2020-11-18 18:27:00 |
| 8 | johnhb wrote:
It is yes, i'm watching NBC Fort Lauderdale now. Your task is to be find out how you do it and i think I told you in a past thread on this very topic. spyware - 2020-11-18 19:11:00 |
| 9 | Here's a playlist, what can you do with it?? - it includes Prime in HD. http://www.apsattv.com/kiwitv2.m3u Edited by spyware at 7:16 pm, Wed 18 Nov spyware - 2020-11-18 19:15:00 |
| 10 | I have a Homerun HD, streams via LAN to Android TV, PC, phone ect. pv-12 - 2020-11-18 20:17:00 |
| 11 | I think having a card is pretty well obsolete. If you use an app like Kodi you can you can add a m3u list (a list of stations) and change channels with a click of a button. I currently have a list of all the NZ and Australian channels and it includes a guide of whats on. duncb - 2020-11-20 13:38:00 |
| 12 | HDHomeRun is great and i mentioned in last thread on this by johnhb. Needs to connect to antenna and local area network (another reason for structured cabling). Note: Plugging a USB tuner into laptop has obviously problem of possible poor reception from small indoor antenna - I wouldn't even consider it unless you know you have perfect indoor reception. spyware - 2020-11-21 09:37:00 |
| 13 | Another HDHomeRun user here, been using it for at least 8+ years. The tuner unit can serve two clients (laptop/PCs) watching different channels. Works fine on Linux Mint / MS Windows. mark119 - 2020-11-23 08:34:00 |
| 14 | spyware wrote:
We had that issue. We even drove the car up the hill so it was closer to the TV tower and still the small antenna included didn't cut it. We then used a indoor UHF Freeview antenna and it was marginal. So when we did use the USB device it was with a outdoor on the roof antenna. Edited by rayonline_tm at 12:01 pm, Mon 23 Nov rayonline_tm - 2020-11-23 12:01:00 |
