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Tv tuner for laptop?

matas

matas

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I am planning on using my laptop with a 22" monitor. I want to be able to hook up cable tv to my laptop, is there any usb adapters for that?
 
matas said:
little pricey and wouldn't the tv service lag since it's using internet's bandwidth? anyway this looks like what I need. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815260030
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Um, not exactly. It depends on your network which I have no knowledge of. Most people only use their network to hook up to the internet and they don't even know they have a Intranet. The internet is all the computers and networks on the far side of your router. Your intranet is all the stuff on your side of the router. Your computers, your printers, your local stuff.

Internet speed is limited by how much you pay your internet provider. Intranet speeds are typically much faster like 100 Mbit/s, or 1000 Mbit/s if you have Gigabit.

The TV signal comes from the antenna or the cable company and it is distributed to all the computers you have on your home network via the intranet. It is not using the internet at all. It uses your network like the one you picked uses USB. The signal does not come from the USB port, it goes into the USB port. In both cases the signal comes from the air (or cable TV).




matas said:
anyway this looks like what I need. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815260030
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Okay, I've got something similar, it should work fine. If you do get a USB version you might want to get a USB cable extender. If you plug that straight into a USB slot it will be all wobbly.
 
Not USB, but Expresscard has tuners. Google Express Card TV tuner. You need to know what Express Card slot your laptop has.
 
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