College TV

[Juice Box]

Going to U of Illinois in August. In the dorms you can bunk the beds but not Loft them (stupid, i know). Was wondering if it would be better to just get a TV tuner card to watch/record TV thru my computer (also watch DVDS on) or to get a TV and DVD player? I honestly dont watch much TV but i might watch more in college....I still dont know who my roomate is so I cant contact him about it yet. But from your experiences, what is best?>

 

[Mo0o]

TV. Your roommate can watch and you'll still be able to do work. We have a 27'' i think, but thats probably a little bigger than average for a college dorm room.

 

[Excelsior]

Really..Id get somtehing like a 20-27" flat screen CRT standard def. You can pick them up for $150-$250, and of course a DVD player.

 

[Juice Box]

I guess it's gonna be more of an issue to figure out where to put a TV if we brought one...

 

[Mo0o]

If you have a ps2 or xbox, jsut bring that. better yet, if your computer has a tv out, plug that in. so no need to buy a dvd player

 

[Mo0o]

Dont buy one yet, meet your roommate, figure out your room config then decide waht to buy

 

[Juice Box]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Dont buy one yet, meet your roommate, figure out your room config then decide waht to buy

thats basically what I thought of doing. How exactly does the TV out on video cards work? is that just an S-Video port?

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Juice Box
I guess it's gonna be more of an issue to figure out where to put a TV if we brought one...

Nah, I just brough some old tiny bookshelf and my 20" TV fit just fine on it. I wouldn't worry too much about the furniture.

Here is a great example of what I would good.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Juice Box

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Dont buy one yet, meet your roommate, figure out your room config then decide waht to buy

thats basically what I thought of doing. How exactly does the TV out on video cards work? is that just an S-Video port?

Yeah, you could just run svideo straight to the TV, and them bam.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: Juice Box

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Dont buy one yet, meet your roommate, figure out your room config then decide waht to buy

thats basically what I thought of doing. How exactly does the TV out on video cards work? is that just an S-Video port?

yeah, and your tv acts as a second monitor

 

[Juice Box]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: Juice Box

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Dont buy one yet, meet your roommate, figure out your room config then decide waht to buy

thats basically what I thought of doing. How exactly does the TV out on video cards work? is that just an S-Video port?

yeah, and your tv acts as a second monitor

ah, nice. Might have to consider that. I guess it is just a matter of getting there with all our crap and figuring out a way to set it all up....really sucks they wont let us Loft the beds though

 

[PowerMacG5]

When I started last year, my roommate brought his 13 inch TV, and I purchased a TV Tuner card for myself.

I don't know if this matters to you, but at home I watched TV all the time, but when I went to school, the only time I watched TV was for 24; so don't assume you will watch more, since I thought I would too, and then I kind of just stopped watching it.

Movies are more fun to watch because you can get groups of people together to do it.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Juice Box

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: Juice Box

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Dont buy one yet, meet your roommate, figure out your room config then decide waht to buy

thats basically what I thought of doing. How exactly does the TV out on video cards work? is that just an S-Video port?

yeah, and your tv acts as a second monitor

ah, nice. Might have to consider that. I guess it is just a matter of getting there with all our crap and figuring out a way to set it all up....really sucks they wont let us Loft the beds though

Meh..lofts are alright..but..bunking isn't too bad. I remember last year (my first year at college), not all of us had our beds bunked during the first semester..but damn..as soon as the 2nd started..we had all arranged our rooms better because we learned what would work out the best. We all had our beds bunked..and made much better use of our space.

 

[Juice Box]

Yeah...movies are the main thing I was thinking too...I have a TON of DVDs i havent watched and I figure i could watch them while studying or what not

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Juice Box
Yeah...movies are the main thing I was thinking too...I have a TON of DVDs i havent watched and I figure i could watch them while studying or what not

Yeah..I know what the above poster is talking about though. It is strange..at home I watched..well..a good bit of TV. I always knew what was going on in the world..etc..but for some reason it felt like I was not in touch with reality while at college. We rarely watched any news on TV..so if I heard major news it was through the internet. We would often miss the shows we wanted to watch like Lost or..one roommate, the OC. I showed him how to download TV shows and he went apesh!t. We downloaded a lot of our shows.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Must... resist... urge... to suggest a projector like I had in my dorm .

(nice and portable for move in / move out... but also nice and portable for anybody that wants to take it lol)

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Must... resist... urge... to suggest a projector like I had in my dorm .

(nice and portable for move in / move out... but also nice and portable for anybody that wants to take it lol)

lol..if he had the money to blow..sure! However, something makes me think he doesn't want to spend that kind of money.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Must... resist... urge... to suggest a projector like I had in my dorm .

(nice and portable for move in / move out... but also nice and portable for anybody that wants to take it lol)

lol..if he had the money to blow..sure! However, something makes me think he doesn't want to spend that kind of money.

Maybe he just doesn't know he wants to yet

Seriously most guys on our floor had 24" to 32" tvs in their rooms and it seemed to work out well. Get something you wouldn't care too much about if someone vomited on it

I had a craptastic Apex 24" tv for a while and it got the job done.

Moving up to 36" and then 76" sure made my room the movie room though .

Also a projector wouldn't really be a great idea for studying while you're watching hehe.

 

[kaymin]

You should wait to see who your roomate is. Your roomate might not like watching TV and a huge TV might upset him. It happens. In that case a tv card and headphones would be better.

FIND OUT who your roomate is first and work it out.


Some people do like to study in their rooms IE the harder majors.