Hi there
I have a Dell Inspiron 9400 with the new express slot (not PCMCIA).
I have just purchased a Philips Wireless transmitter and reciever with remote control feature which allows me to :
Broadcast my Sky+ signal wirelessly to the reciever and to be able to control the Sky+ box by pointing the remote control at it.
What I need now is to get my laptop to show the Sky+ transmission coming through the Philips reciever. It has a SCART out, CVBS out, Audio L+R out. I don't care about picking up freeview or tv when on the move.
Please can someone tell me how I can do this. Do I need a TV card or simply an adaptor ?
Cheapest option please.
freeka
You have already been able to get the signal to your laptop so you just need to display it. There are 2 options here, a frame grabber or a hardware encoder
The frame grabber will simply 'Grab' the frames from the video signal and display them on your display. The downside to this is that your system has to do all the encoding of the signal if you wish to save it as a movi file. So if you want to just view the video stream this may be your best bet. HAve a look at the below link for a USB frame grabber.
http://www.beststuff.co.uk/hama_usb2_video_grabber.htm
http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_usblive.html
You other option is the hardware MPEG encoder. This does as the above but includes a dedicated chip that encodes the video on the adapter, thus relieving your processor of the work. Much like the processor on the graphics card off loads the work of drawing things on your screen. Unfortunatly this is an expensive solution
http://www.become.com/shop?pid=206966249&q=diamond+xtremetv+usb+tv+tuner+best+data&utm_campaign=become&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=ssp&utm_term=diamond+xtremetv+usb+tv+tuner+best+data
You will also need a scart to composite out adaptor, not much from a radioshack, and a composite to composite cable.
Hope this helps!
Psyc