Laptop + USB TV Tuner

**Celeryface** · 26 Jul 2003, 12:52 PM

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using a USB TV Tuner on a laptop to play console games?

I am trying to find an easy solution to play my console games for when I go to school, instead of buying a heavy TV.

If not, can you recommend any other solutions?

Thanks in advance.

**johnk_** · 26 Jul 2003, 01:13 PM

USB TV tuner??

didn't realize they existed.

**Zerodash** · 26 Jul 2003, 01:22 PM

USB tuners typically give out a terrible picture quality with videogames. An internal card of some kind may work better, though...

**Celeryface** · 26 Jul 2003, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by Zerodash

USB tuners typically give out a terrible picture quality with videogames. An internal card of some kind may work better, though...

I've been trying to find a PCMCIA internal card for my laptop, but I haven't seen one to purchase yet.

A guy I know who used to work for IBM says that they were available at one time, but haven't seen any in awhile.

ATi makes an external USB TV Tuner with co-ax and S-Video inputs, but I'm not sure if the output is of good quality.

**Joust Williams** · 26 Jul 2003, 01:46 PM

The best place would be www.rage3d.com

There's a forum for all of the TV tuners, and you're sure to get a good answer. Maybe even some pics, I dunno. I was going to get that myself, but at the time, I don't think there were reliable XP drivers for it.

**Celeryface** · 26 Jul 2003, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by BoBVila

The best place would be www.rage3d.com

There's a forum for all of the TV tuners, and you're sure to get a good answer. Maybe even some pics, I dunno. I was going to get that myself, but at the time, I don't think there were reliable XP drivers for it.

Thanks. I'll give that forum a try.

**GohanX** · 26 Jul 2003, 03:25 PM

I have a ATI usb tuner, and it will work for gaming, but not great. The resolution sucks, and it stutters occasionally because of the slow USB 1.1 bus. A Win TV USB that I tried at work was similar. They are both playable, though.

I've got a TV in on my video card though, it works fine with no delays, although it's nowhere near VGA-box quality.

**stormy** · 26 Jul 2003, 04:17 PM

i was in your posirtion about a month ago, even posted a similiar thread in sound off. I came to the conclusion that there is no viable solution. Buy yourself a tv or switch to PC games.