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Title: Freeview TV
Post by: LouisCorney on 24 October 2007, 18:57:23
Anybody know if it's possible to hook up a freeview box to a laptop, instead of a television?

(And would I just need a Scart > S-Video cable, if that's correct?)

Or would it be a better idea to use a USB donlge to receive freeview on my laptop? (I've read it will be a better picture and run faster? i.e. no "encoding"? ) I am a bit worried about signal strength though...

Thanks in advance,

Louis
Title: Re: Freeview TV
Post by: STMO123 on 24 October 2007, 19:05:18
You live about two miles from Emley Moor transmitter Louis. I can get a great digital signal on my portable with a £1 shop aerial, ie. a coathanger  ;)
Title: Re: Freeview TV
Post by: TheBoy on 24 October 2007, 19:05:57
the dongles work pretty well :)
Title: Re: Freeview TV
Post by: CaptainZok on 24 October 2007, 19:07:09
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the dongles work pretty well :)
STMO uses preparation H on his dongles  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Freeview TV
Post by: Grumpy on 24 October 2007, 19:07:55
Never tried it on the laptop, but the spare Freeview box that I have in the
bedroom, just plugs straight in to a spare flat panel computer monitor with
the scart/video cable that it came with.
Works great. So I don't see why it shouldn't work through a laptop.
Title: Re: Freeview TV
Post by: STMO123 on 24 October 2007, 19:13:47
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the dongles work pretty well :)
STMO uses preparation H on his dongles  ;D ;D

OOOOOOO,  Me rather chalfonts!  ;D
Title: Re: Freeview TV
Post by: Martin_1962 on 24 October 2007, 19:14:07
Laptop - use a USB dongle
Title: Re: Freeview TV
Post by: LouisCorney on 24 October 2007, 19:22:03
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You live about two miles from Emley Moor transmitter Louis. I can get a great digital signal on my portable with a £1 shop aerial, ie. a coathanger  ;)

Not anymore Steve, I live in Leeds now (at uni)  ;)

Thanks guys, any recommendations on the dongle? Preferably not too expensive, but a decent one...

(I was looking at the Hauppauge ones?)
Title: Re: Freeview TV
Post by: TheBoy on 24 October 2007, 19:25:53
I think the Freecom ones are about as cheap as you can get....
Title: Re: Freeview TV
Post by: Ken T on 24 October 2007, 19:54:35
Trouble with hooking up a freview box to a laptop is there isn't a video input to process the video signal, so it wouldn't work. As regards freeview sticks, some need a lot of horsepower to work. I have a Peak hardware one which has a pretty good interface but need a P4 1.7G to run, whereas a cheap (about £15) DVB-T USB dongle will run on most Intel crap 1.5G Celerons without any trouble. My fav is the Nebula series. Their USB box will let you record several channels at once, if they are on the same multiplex.
Ken