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| Re: [GMCnet] TV on a Laptop [message #238830 is a reply to message #238825] |
Tue, 04 February 2014 22:52   |
armandminnie
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I have used a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 950Q the same way. You connect a TV cable on one end and plug it into your USB port - works great but I don't use it - we don't watch TV in the GMC (no TiVo). I have two of them. I don't use one at all and the other is being used to get a picture from a VCR to a PC for recording. Want to buy one?
Armand Minnie
Marana, AZ
'76 Eleganza II TZE166V103202
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| Re: [GMCnet] TV on a Laptop [message #238849 is a reply to message #238830] |
Wed, 05 February 2014 07:41 |
tphipps
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Hauppauge makes several types of TV to PC converters. Included software will perform TiVo type function. Less than $100. There are other brands available, but Hauppauge appears to make the better designs.
Tom, MS II
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
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| Re: [GMCnet] TV on a Laptop [message #238856 is a reply to message #238849] |
Wed, 05 February 2014 09:00 |
armandminnie
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| tphipps wrote on Wed, 05 February 2014 06:41 |
Hauppauge makes several types of TV to PC converters. Included software will perform TiVo type function. Less than $100. There are other brands available, but Hauppauge appears to make the better designs.
Tom, MS II
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That is why I bought the Hauppauge devices but I am not into punishing myself that way. The device works great for watching TV, it comes with Win-TV for recording what is being watched but it is very primitive. I planned on using Ubuntu and MythTV but I could not get it to work and didn't feel like working that hard when I have functioning TiVo's.
This is a good way to watch TV on a PC in your GMC (content) but that is the limit for me.
Armand Minnie
Marana, AZ
'76 Eleganza II TZE166V103202
visit my gmc blog
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| Re: [GMCnet] TV on a Laptop [message #238862 is a reply to message #238825] |
Wed, 05 February 2014 09:25 |
appie
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Location: denmark
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using eyetv www.elgato.com for years
Appie
eleganza 76 "Olga" now sadly sold
6 wheel discbrake
Quadrabags
Springfield stage 2 462 olds
Manny tranny
( pictures at http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g6489-olga.html
Fulltiming in Europe july 2014 til july 2016
Denmark
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| Re: [GMCnet] TV on a Laptop [message #238978 is a reply to message #238856] |
Thu, 06 February 2014 11:53 |
Steve Jess
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Armand,
It sounds like you tried to install MythTV on top of Ubuntu.
If you ever feel like giving MythTV another try, the Mythbuntu distribution is a more direct route. I use it in my GMC (which makes this post on-topic) on a Dell dual-core laptop. My tuner is an HDHomerun from Silicon Dust.
Steve Jess - Aguanga, CA
1977 GMC Palm Beach "The DreamLiner"The 10,000 pound antique Home Theater with plumbing
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> From: armand@minniebiz.com
> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 09:00:48 -0600
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] TV on a Laptop
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> tphipps wrote on Wed, 05 February 2014 06:41
> > Hauppauge makes several types of TV to PC converters. Included software will perform TiVo type function. Less than $100. There are other brands available, but Hauppauge appears to make the better designs.
> > Tom, MS II
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> That is why I bought the Hauppauge devices but I am not into punishing myself that way. The device works great for watching TV, it comes with Win-TV for recording what is being watched but it is very primitive. I planned on using Ubuntu and MythTV but I could not get it to work and didn't feel like working that hard when I have functioning TiVo's.
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> This is a good way to watch TV on a PC in your GMC (content) but that is the limit for me.
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> Armand Minnie
> Marana, AZ
> '76 Eleganza II TZE166V103202
> http://www.minniebiz.com
> http://www.gmcws.org
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| Re: [GMCnet] TV on a Laptop [message #239354 is a reply to message #239050] |
Sun, 09 February 2014 22:03 |
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Jerry,
Thanks for reading Rob's question and answering it. All the other
responses had nothing to do with your question, but you figured that out,
I'll bet. It often gets me how people chime in with a response without
understanding the question.
Jerry's answer, translated, is that the signals are different. Very much
like the difference between PAL and NTSC.
Byron Songer
ATTENTION: This reply is in reference to what is provided below
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>Rob,
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>I believe the gentleman in the video stated that the device worked as a
>DBT tuner, which is the method of transmission used in most of Europe
>and Australia. The USA and Canada use the ATSC method of video
>transmission. So, the short answer is probably no, it will not work in
>America.
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>Jerry Sitzlar....77 Eleganza II .....Lenoir City, TN
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