Using laptop as full time "desktop"?

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:37:35 -0500, wrote:

Dennis wrote:

I recently built a PVR out of one of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16856110057

Did it take a full size TV tuner card?

I have a Hauppauge HVR-1600 and an Avermedia A180, both full-size PCI
tuner cards, installed in it. The Hauppauge card is slightly larger
than most PCI cards and it took some minor massaging of the chassis to
get it to fit, but it is in and working fine now.

There are only two PCI slots available. If I didn't already have the
two PCI tuner cards, I would probably look at an external tuner like
the HDHomerun. It connects via ethernet.

BTW, I resolved my DVI problem today -- all it took was a $0.20
resistor and a soldering iron, and it's up and running. Woo hoo!


Dennis (evil)
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