Getting Cable TV on Laptop

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<li><p>PCI is not laptop compatible. miniPCI components are laptop compatible but if you haven’t heard of miniPCI it won’t be worth the trouble to see if you have a free slot - even if you did you’d have problems routing an antenna and ports.</p></li>
<li><p>this guy doesn’t feel that dorms will upgrade to digital - he seems unaware that many broadcasts BY LAW will have to be digital by 2009 and that existing coax cable can handle digital transmission (my school offers limited HDTV programming on the existing cable for example)</p></li>
<li><p>kworld tuners are, for all intents and purposes, trash judging from reviews I have read</p></li>
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<p>bottom line? You want the Hauppage HVR-950. Get it here or at a similar vendor - <a href=“http://www.compuplus.com/i-Hauppauge-1139-WinTV-HVR-950-TV-Stick-1008463~.html?sid=214gn3q1g0vvy5r[/url]”>http://www.compuplus.com/i-Hauppauge-1139-WinTV-HVR-950-TV-Stick-1008463~.html?sid=214gn3q1g0vvy5r&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The Onair GT is a higher end tuner that has the ability to watch HDTV via cable (this capability is called QAM tuning) - the Hauppage that I linked to will tune into HDTV stations that are broadcase over the air. Both will tune into standard cable broadcasts. It is up to you to decide if it is worth the extra cost to pay for QAM capability or not.</p>

<p>If you do not need any hdtv capability then you can get a standard TV tuner for less money - here is one I found on clearance: <a href=“http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA51000&RSKU=AA51000[/url]”>http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA51000&RSKU=AA51000&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;