Laptop - TV Adaptor/Tuner

[cats2rise]

Hey guys,

I just have a run-of-the-mill Toshiba laptop with Windows 7. Before going into a computer shop etc and looking quite the fool, I thought I would ask the good folk from BigFooty.

One of my friends has his computer set up to watch tv - how do I go about this? I am not talking about cables running from the tv to the laptop, but a tuner etc to get them to the laptop. What do I need to buy to be able to get channels on my laptop? Also, is it possible to get the digital channels or just analogue through the tuner?

Cheers

 

[prankmonkey]

you need a tv tuner dongle
they can be digital only or combination of digital + analogue.
i'd suggest looking http://www.msy.com.au/
i have one, but hardly use it now as i couldnt get a decent reception from mine

 

[cats2rise]

Why couldnt you get decent reception though? Are they usually dodgy?

If its a case of buying an external antenna to connect it to I'd happily get that. The problem is the antenna on the roof of the house is being a bitch and the people have NFI why it wont work in all the rooms even though its very new... so cant connect a TV in to any room except this small danky room... so I wanna see if getting it done through the laptop is worth it.

 

[prankmonkey]

you'll need an antenna attached to the usb dongle
i just tried using the little shitty one that came with mine, so i'd suggest a half decent antenna to go with it.

 

[cats2rise]

Cheers man.

 

[anfernee06]

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