jjs 60 Report post Posted June 30, 2009 (edited) Have a relative in hospital who would love to watch some TV. He has a near new HP laptop with all the bells and whistles, so was thinking of investing in a USB TV tuner. I understand they allow you watch Freeview HD. Has anyone had experience with these? What brand would you recommend? Is reception generally good or can it be patchy? Was thinking of going for this one. d*ck Smith has nothing under $150 and the cheapest at Noels is $120. Thanks in advance Edited June 30, 2009 by Crockett Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martyyn 2 Report post Posted June 30, 2009 (edited) All my experience with them is they are rubbish. Sorry mate. The aerials they come with are poor and you need direct line of sight to the mast in the first place. A couple of mates have tried them aswell with various levels of success but no-one has stuck with them. Your better off burning movies and dvd's to a hard drive mate. [e] d*ck Smith do have a 14 day return policy though if your not happy. Edited June 30, 2009 by Penry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Simon* Report post Posted June 30, 2009 This one is the shizz tm_link I have it. Recommended highly. Only quirk is antenna placement, but it has adapter to plug into regular TV antenna Watched Olympics etc on Freeview only Sports channel last year etc and Breakers BBall games on Maori TV with no probs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted June 30, 2009 My friend has one of the USB Freeview HD things, needs a resonably quick computer to work with but it works out of the box with Windows Vista and Seven... He also lives 20km out of town, and it works just in the back of his box. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OLLIE 26 Report post Posted July 1, 2009 I have one of those pinnacle TV nano sticks that Simon recommends if you would like to buy it. Never been used. over $100 new, will sell for 60 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjs 60 Report post Posted July 1, 2009 I have one of those pinnacle TV nano sticks that Simon recommends if you would like to buy it. Never been used. over $100 new, will sell for 60 I'm keen. I couldn't check Simon's link as TradeMe is blocked at work. Will it pick up both digital and analogue? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OLLIE 26 Report post Posted July 1, 2009 link to another site for info the analog channels come through digital anyway I think. if you can plug into a rooftop aerial with the adapter then you can definitely get analog. I never got around to using it so can't really comment Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjs 60 Report post Posted July 1, 2009 link to another site for info the analog channels come through digital anyway I think. if you can plug into a rooftop aerial with the adapter then you can definitely get analog. I never got around to using it so can't really comment Sweet, sounds good. Can you please PM your account details. Cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 1968 Report post Posted July 1, 2009 Had one on my laptop in the UK. Was able to get all the channels. My ariel had a magnet on the bottom. Which I stuck to a large radiator heater in my room. Worked mint. Window frames also give good reception. Came with software that worked like the Mysky box. Was about 4 years ago though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
