Mini PCI Digital Tuner

Anarchy · 1st January 2006, 7:01 PM

Is there a mini pci digital tv tuner available?

I can find normal minipci tv tuners, but not digital ones.

mxlaser · 2nd January 2006, 5:56 PM

Twinview have one. Is digital has DBA drivers (MCE2005 and linux compat)

Mini PCI and normal PCI (has both brackets) can be had for $85 from MSY

archie · 2nd January 2006, 6:09 PM

you're not confusing mini-pci with half height pci are you? as they are two totally different things.

Quadbox · 3rd January 2006, 9:38 AM

A mini-pci tuner wouldnt do you much good, since there's no antenna input on any laptop I've seen to wire the mini-pci card to...

HeXa · 3rd January 2006, 9:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quadbox

A mini-pci tuner wouldnt do you much good, since there's no antenna input on any laptop I've seen to wire the mini-pci card to...

I wonder how well it would work off the intergrated wireless antennas that many notebooks have with internal connections near the miniPCI soccket.

- HeXa

archie · 3rd January 2006, 10:09 AM

i dont think that'd work too well unless you were sitting under a transmission tower :P

btw, a minipci slot is similar in dimensions to a so-dimm slot without the little 'hump'', yeah?

Anarchy · 3rd January 2006, 2:02 PM

My laptop already has a minipci normal tv tuner in it with the port on the outside of the laptop for the antenea its a MCE certified laptop, i wanna pull out the analog tuner, and shuve a digital tuner in the minipci slot

Im sure there is usb and pcmcia alternatives, but i wanna use the minipci slot and internal antenae plug

Yes its a minipci not half height pci

ROD · 4th January 2006, 1:05 AM

Good luck, I hope you find one. Watching TV on the laptop would be grouse! Down at a cafe in lygon street watching the Motogp or F1's on a sunday night.

What is the reception like on the one you have now?

Anarchy · 4th January 2006, 12:51 PM

No no it doesn't have a antenae in it, it has a port, plug to put a antenae on it.

1st January 2006, 7:01 PM	#1
Anarchy Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 32	Mini PCI Digital Tuner Is there a mini pci digital tv tuner available? I can find normal minipci tv tuners, but not digital ones.

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3rd January 2006, 10:09 AM	#6
archie Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: carlingford, sydney Posts: 2,476	i dont think that'd work too well unless you were sitting under a transmission tower :P btw, a minipci slot is similar in dimensions to a so-dimm slot without the little 'hump'', yeah? __________________ www.gasalarm.com.au For all your gas detection needs.

3rd January 2006, 2:02 PM	#7
Anarchy Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 32	My laptop already has a minipci normal tv tuner in it with the port on the outside of the laptop for the antenea its a MCE certified laptop, i wanna pull out the analog tuner, and shuve a digital tuner in the minipci slot Im sure there is usb and pcmcia alternatives, but i wanna use the minipci slot and internal antenae plug Yes its a minipci not half height pci Last edited by Anarchy; 3rd January 2006 at 2:05 PM.

3rd January 2006, 9:38 AM	#4
Quadbox Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane 4065 Posts: 4,886	A mini-pci tuner wouldnt do you much good, since there's no antenna input on any laptop I've seen to wire the mini-pci card to...

4th January 2006, 1:05 AM	#8
ROD Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 259	Good luck, I hope you find one. Watching TV on the laptop would be grouse! Down at a cafe in lygon street watching the Motogp or F1's on a sunday night. What is the reception like on the one you have now? __________________ Rod

4th January 2006, 12:51 PM	#9
Anarchy Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 32	No no it doesn't have a antenae in it, it has a port, plug to put a antenae on it.