<p>I was curious if I should talk with my roomate about a tv or should I get a tv tuner for my laptop. Anyone out there have a tv tuner for their laptop? How does it work. Im looking at the hauppauge products.</p>
<p>I'm looking into getting one. As for specifics as to how it works, I'm not 100% clear myself, but just read the descriptions I guess. I'm thinking PVR ConvertX for Macs. If you want to get a regular TV, by all means, discuss it with your roomie, but DON'T SPLIT THE COST. Maybe they can get the TV and you can get the DVD player or something...</p>
<p>oh i totally second not splitting the cost of the TV and appliances... instead each buy a couple diff items, because otherwise when the end of the year comes around its a huge mess trying to decide who gets to keep what (esp if for some reason you dont get along...)</p>
<p>Also check with your school's housing office or website to see if there are any established policies regarding a tv, cable access, frig, microwave, etc. It seems like there was a thread on cc not to long about about tv tuners for laptops.</p>
<p>i didn't have a tv in my room and most of my friends didn't either (i can think of one friend who did). i never had a lot of spare time to watch tv, but if we wanted to watch a movie or some SatC we would all pile together in the one room with the tv, or around someone's laptop.</p>
<p>TV in your room is kind of a waste and a distraction. Most of the TV watching is in the lounges with cable (you might have to pay for cable in your room).</p>
<p>Movies on the other hand are a bit more likely so make sure you can play them (almost every computer can these days). Personally I have video-in on my graphics card and I can hook it up to a VCR (ghetto TV-tuner card replacement) but I dont think I will even bring that as I refuse to pay for cable in the dorm and the one show I watch is the daily show (bittorrent here I come).</p>
<p>Depends on the school you attend... for example, I am going to get free cable!</p>
<p>Of course, I'll probably spend too much time watching television and not enough time studying./</p>
<p>I always just assumed that most kids got TVs just like they had laptops... I guess I was really wrong! I'm planning on bringing my TV . When I study or do menial work, I have the TV on or a DVD on. I sit on my bed and don't necessarily watch it but it's just background noise. Also, I frequently put in a DVD to watch as I fall asleep and also have people over.</p>
<p>19" monitor + klipsch promedia ultra 5.1 + big harddrive + high speed internet= no tv</p>
<p>videogamerx2: took the words straight out of my mouth.</p>
<p>though, college might filter away my bittorrent but I'll just set up a box when I go home for thanksgiving to grab the daily show for me and then I can grab it as an ftp or http download. Too bad my upload speed at home sucks.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.easynews.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.easynews.com</a> become a members there its like kazza and stuff but it is web bassed. has tons more stuff and all the downloads are top speed. But its 10 dollars a month. but you can get anything porn, music, games, movies, tv shows. This is how i get all my stuff</p>
<p>I doubt it has more than Kazaa, but I'm sure it is much faster. I prefer BT because even when a torrent does not transfer at high speeds, 10 torrents at the same time do :D</p>
<p>EasyNews is a newsgroup service. Everyone knows that there is a lot of stuff on newsgroups. Since EasyNews gives you access to a web interface, it makes searches relatively simple.</p>
<p>I know that, but newsgroup binaries, although lightning fast and quite numerous, are still not as large in quantity as kazaa, I would think</p>
<p>newsgroups are a strange thing these days. Its very hard to find a good source that actually serves the binaries. Its too bad that most ISP provided ones block them.</p>
<p>Yeah, I can affirm that for both SBC and Comcast > : (</p>
<p>Sometimes the cable tv hook up won't be near your desk making it a problem to hook up to a laptop tuner. If you're in a quad, the cable connection may be in the the common room. TVs are cheap enough, if you really want/need one to get a separate one.</p>
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