netbook and HD tuners

xr500 · 7th September 2009, 12:00 PM

hello all
i want to buy a netbook for mapping gps stuff and may play some games and watch + record tv via compro usb hdtv on it.i have a 5 year old asus 1.6m laptop with ati 9100 igp graphics, 1.2 gig ram and the tuner card will only run on standard def. would a netbook be quicker or not.? cant find any info on benchmarking for these things.
can you help
cheers

azkay · 7th September 2009, 12:09 PM

I would think the old laptop would outperform current netbooks.

Davo1111 · 7th September 2009, 12:11 PM

i think op needs a new laptop, not a netbook. Or a more recent second hand laptop to save money. a netbook isn't really designed for gps mapping + hd stuff.

SLATYE · 7th September 2009, 1:35 PM

An Ion-based netbook might be fast enough (since those have a decent GPU that can help the GPU with video work) - but I don't think the standard Atom/i945GSE ones would.

DarkYendor · 7th September 2009, 1:59 PM

Not trying to thread-jack here, but I'mnot sure what the heirachy is with portable computers these days?

Netbook
Nettop
Notebook
Laptop

That right?

SLATYE · 7th September 2009, 2:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkYendor

Not trying to thread-jack here, but I'mnot sure what the heirachy is with portable computers these days?

Netbook
Nettop
Notebook
Laptop

That right?

Has there ever really been a hierachy? I've always treated notebooks and laptops as being much the same thing.

Nettops aren't portable; they're just desktops based on the Atom CPUs.

In terms of performance, it generally goes netbooks, then UMPCs, then laptops/notebooks, then desktop replacements.

terrastrife · 7th September 2009, 7:57 PM

i think the problem here is either your crap tv tuner which will be slow changing channels etc, or bad reception.

xr500 · 8th September 2009, 9:01 AM

the mininum requirement for tv tuner is p4 1.5 and mine is 1.6. i link it to an external antenna so reception is as good as it gets. when watching tv, i go into control, alt ,delete , select compro tuner and the priorty setting is on high and have to change it to normal to watch in SD. if i select HD channel it frames. so i think laptop is crap!!!
cheers

cheddo7 · 8th September 2009, 9:09 AM

I use my DigitalNow Tiny Twin usb on my Asus EeePC 1000h running 2 gb ram and HD channels stutter for the first 10 seconds then its fine. Have to make sure nothing else is running in the background though. Have tried this with XP and 7 and same for both. SD is flawless. Can't really tell much difference on 1024x600 resolution so I just settle for SD.

7th September 2009, 12:00 PM	#1
xr500 Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3	netbook and HD tuners hello all i want to buy a netbook for mapping gps stuff and may play some games and watch + record tv via compro usb hdtv on it.i have a 5 year old asus 1.6m laptop with ati 9100 igp graphics, 1.2 gig ram and the tuner card will only run on standard def. would a netbook be quicker or not.? cant find any info on benchmarking for these things. can you help cheers

7th September 2009, 12:09 PM	#2
azkay Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Brisbane Posts: 155	I would think the old laptop would outperform current netbooks. __________________ Desktop ~Main - AMD FX-8120 @X8 4ghz - GA-990FXA-UD3 - 4x2gb 1333mhz GSkill - 2x GTX260 Gigabyte Desktop ~Project - Turion64 MT-30 @2.4ghz - K8N4-E Asus - 1x512mb 400mhz Corsair - ~~X300 SE Sapphire~~

7th September 2009, 1:35 PM	#4
SLATYE SLATYE, not SLAYTE Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 25,773	An Ion-based netbook might be fast enough (since those have a decent GPU that can help the GPU with video work) - but I don't think the standard Atom/i945GSE ones would. __________________ Main system: Phenom II X4 920 \| 8GB (4x 2GB) DDR2-800 \| Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 v2.0 \| Leadtek Geforce 9600GSO 384MB \| Enermax Modu82+ 525W \| 1TB Hitachi HDD \| 3.5" + 5.25" FDD Laptop: Compal EL80 \| C2D T7200 \| 320GB Fujistu HDD \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| GF Go 7600

7th September 2009, 1:59 PM	#5
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7th September 2009, 7:57 PM	#7
terrastrife Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: ADL/SA The Monopoly State Posts: 15,958	i think the problem here is either your crap tv tuner which will be slow changing channels etc, or bad reception. __________________ D90/35mm1.8/SB900 Main/X58-USB3 F5/4GHz i7 950/48GB RipjawsZ/GTX 670/SSD 520 Series unRAID5/X2 4000+/30TB/16 Disk MidiTower/NeoHE

7th September 2009, 12:11 PM	#3
Davo1111 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Syd Posts: 2,603	i think op needs a new laptop, not a netbook. Or a more recent second hand laptop to save money. a netbook isn't really designed for gps mapping + hd stuff.

8th September 2009, 9:01 AM	#8
xr500 Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3	the mininum requirement for tv tuner is p4 1.5 and mine is 1.6. i link it to an external antenna so reception is as good as it gets. when watching tv, i go into control, alt ,delete , select compro tuner and the priorty setting is on high and have to change it to normal to watch in SD. if i select HD channel it frames. so i think laptop is crap!!! cheers

8th September 2009, 9:09 AM	#9
cheddo7 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kew,VIC Posts: 315	I use my DigitalNow Tiny Twin usb on my Asus EeePC 1000h running 2 gb ram and HD channels stutter for the first 10 seconds then its fine. Have to make sure nothing else is running in the background though. Have tried this with XP and 7 and same for both. SD is flawless. Can't really tell much difference on 1024x600 resolution so I just settle for SD. __________________ Office i7 3770k,8gb,7970,120SSD,1tbHDD,3x24" Lounge i5 2400,8gb,6970,128SSD,55" Kogan LCD