So i just spoke with 4 dell CRs and all gave me different answers to the same question. So my guess is that they dont know anything. Can somebody help. For the Dell Inspiron laptops, when customizing with the tv tuner option, is the tv tuner integrated or external (one CR said external, another integrated)? and connections does it support(ie coaxial, rca, ect)? Any got any pics? would really appreciate it.
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Laptops generally don't have built-in tv tuners. Certainly not Dells.\n\nLatest inspirons have vga out, DVI out, and s-video out, but no in.  You can buy tv tuners for laptops, but they would have to be either PCMCIA cards or USB since those are the only ports laptops have.\n\nIf you want to do tv tuning and such, you should really have a desktop. Laptops weren't designed for it.
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Does your laptop have USB ports?  Does it have a decent graphics card?  That's probably all you need.  Search for "usb tv tuner" and you'll come across several.  I have the WinTV-USB external tv tuner made by Hauppauge, and it works great.  I can watch tv, record shows, schedule recordings, and it even scans  for active channels (works with basic and digital cable, as well as regular tv).  \n\nI have an HP Pavilion dv5000 laptop, but didn't get the one built-in, because it was expensive.  I bought the tuner at Circuit City back in May for about $50 after a $30 rebate.  It was great for when we moved, because we could still watch tv on the laptop while we waited on our television to arrive!  \n\nYou can even get tuners that come with remotes, though I didn't opt for that when I bought mine; I just change the channels on the computer.  \n\nOther options include pcmcia tv tuners (plugs into the pc card slot on the laptop if it has one, search for "pcmcia tv tuner" online) and express card tv tuners (plugs into the express card slot on newer laptops that have that type of slot).  You might also try searching for "laptop tv tuner" or "external tv tuner" and see what you come up with that way. \n\nGood luck!
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With some Dells, you can press the Fn key along with F7 to enable screen expansion.  I hope this works for your laptop, but if it does not, then I'm giving you the link for Dell online support.  The site was a bit fussy tonight and I could not get through, but "enable screen expansion" is the issue you want to research.\n\nhttp://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/entry?c=us&l=en&s=gen\n\nGood luck to you!
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I was in Dell Technical Support for a year, so before you go ahead and buy any Video card, Just check whether the laptop is compatiblw with a video card.\n   To check go to www.support.dell.com and then put in the service tag or the express service code on the laptop in the section where it says to select a product once u put theat number in it will show u the model number for ur laptop and all the compatible hardware. \nThen u can make an informed decision\nHope this helped
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Try to find a a TV tuner card that would be compatible with a laptop. There are many available for desktops, but there might be a way to convert one so it can be used on a laptop.
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The tv tuner card will basically work live the tuner inside of a standard television set.  So if you can plug a TV into your cable without a box and get reception, then you can do the same with your TV tuner card on your computer.  It will not require any monthly fees other than what you pay to your cable company for service.    Whatever program you decide to view the TV signal with will download the tv guide data from the internet and then you are set to go.  I've never used Media Center before, but you will probably have to do a little setup as far as who your cable provider is and what channels you recieve, but after that you are good to go.
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simple-all he did was switch the computer output to the tv-laptops have this facility- its called switching to secondary video output- you will need an S-Video cable and jacks(its labelled with the picture of a screen) on your computer and the TV-read your manual for more instructions.
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Hello. I have had the same problem with my Dell 15" LCD. I don't know what happened when suddenly I'm playing a game and I'm thinking that the game's graphics are awesome because its raining and the thunder really lights up the screen. Then I realize that my pixels are fading, exactly how you described it. I tried unplugging everything and replugging it in again, but nothing seemed to work. I decided to go back to my old CRT monitor and for a few months that worked fine. As luck would have it, it broke as well. I decided to test my LCD again, and to my surprise, it worked now. After about two weeks, I unplugged everything because I was moving my computer to another room. When everything was replugged, the same problem plagued my monitor. That's when I've had enough. I called Dell Customer Service, which was really helpful, and they offered to replace my monitor with a new one even though it was out of warranty. I don't if there is maybe something wrong with the entire line of Dell monitors, but they sure were helpful and considerate. Of course you have to send back your old monitor, but they picked it up from my house and paid for the shipping costs as well.
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i doubt you have to install an internal antenna in a laptop. all laptops prepared for an internal mini pci wireless card have the antenna already integrated. you cannot do that yourself, because the antenna is built-in in the rear side of the screen.\nin case you have a pcmcia wireless card you don't need an antenna, it's already integrated in this type of cards.
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You need to have a tv tuner card in your computer.  You can buy them at places like Best Buy, CompUSA, etc. It doesn't come standard on computers, unless you have a media center edition that comes with it.
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I have my computer connected to my tv using a GeForce fx 5500 video card through an s-video cable.  I just right click the desktop screen, click "NVIDIA Analog Display" (my video card settings), then I goto "Display Mode" and do "Clone" instead of single display and then put tv instead of Analog display(monitor) and apply.  \n\nSorry if it sounds confusing.
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YES\n\nThe concept of being able to watch TV on your computer has been around for quite some time now.  In fact, there are already quite a few TV cards available in the market today.  Some of the more well known brands include Hauppauge as well as ATI.  ATI’s TV tuners can be found separately in the ATI TV Wonder series or integrated in video cards in ATI’s All-In-Wonder series.\n\nUnfortunately, the idea has not been as appealing to consumers due to several reasons.   First of all, if you were to compare the picture quality on the same standard TV signal, you would immediately notice that picture quality looks better on a regular TV as opposed to a computer screen.  This is because the TV signal is not quite appropriate with the resolution on a computer monitor.  In addition, there isn’t much visibility of these kinds of products in a retail store because you rarely see a computer demonstrating TV capabilities on a computer. Companies have taken a slightly different route with the introduction of LCD screens with built-in TV tuners.  This is great in bringing awareness of being able to watch TV on your computer, but it still has the same poor picture quality.\n\nHDTV technology is starting to become standard in the latest types of digital televisions costing upwards of thousands of dollars.  Now ATI is bringing the same experience of HDTV to the computer user with their HDTV Wonder package which retails for $200.
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I would suggest you go for Pinnacle product, they are one of the best in this segement. They have several products which would fit your requirements.you can find more info on the following link..\n\nhttp://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/uk/Products/Consumer+Products/PCTV+Tuners/Family.htm
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go to dell.com and then go to support & help/ drivers & downloads and download the video driver for your laptop
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There are two types of computers with Media Center. One that comes with TV tuner and remote and the ones without. Yours is probably without (as is mine). Although you can not purchase Media Center software itself...you can purchase the TV tuner and remote seperately. Check with Best Buy or Circuit City. If yours came with TV tuner and remote and it still isn't working...then something is hooked up wrong.
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i'd say that its pretty simple to install the TV tuner card by urself.. you have to put the card in the slot that matches the pin grid on the motherboard, after screwing it in install the software.. you should be provided with the driver, if not then you can download it from the internet by simply searching through any search engine for that TV tuner card's driver. after that a simple restart will be asked and it should work after connecting the cable. also ensure that the tv cable matches the card...
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you need a video card that supports tv out via s-video or composite connection.  it really helps to know what video card you are using and its display capabilities.  if you have a s-video out on your video card, you would plug an s-video cable into the video card and the other to the tv(or a composite cable depending on your tv connections).  windows xp will usally detect the tv after rebooting your computer and no further setup is needed.  hope this helps.