morkli Posted November 4, 2004 Posted November 4, 2004 I just saw on the Aldi web site that from 11 November, they will be selling a Medion Notebook with Pentium M 1.7GHz Processor for $2299. What is interesting about the unit is that it includes what seems to be an all-in-one digital TV (DVB-T) tuner, analog TV tuner and FM tuner with remote. Also includes Composite/S-Video and audio in. I wonder who is making this hardware for them? For the price, the machine seems very well spec'ed. Unfortunately, it doesn't say whether it does HD. Also, pity the screen is only 1024x768. http://www.aldi.com.au Cheers, morkli.
Croc Posted November 4, 2004 Posted November 4, 2004 I just saw on the Aldi web site that from 11 November, they will be selling a Medion Notebook with Pentium M 1.7GHz Processor for $2299.What is interesting about the unit is that it includes what seems to be an all-in-one digital TV (DVB-T) tuner, analog TV tuner and FM tuner with remote. Also includes Composite/S-Video and audio in. I wonder who is making this hardware for them? For the price, the machine seems very well spec'ed. Unfortunately, it doesn't say whether it does HD. Also, pity the screen is only 1024x768. http://www.aldi.com.au Cheers, morkli. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i just had a look and it sounds like almost perfect solution (2xdvb tuners +1xanalog would be PERFECT) if there software is ok and if it lets you use 2 tuners at the same time (pip, watch one record other one, etc...) than it would be great. im going to google this and see if anything will show up and hope there is same card in pci or usb2 version.
Guest Gizmomelb Posted November 4, 2004 Posted November 4, 2004 hi Croc, I'm unsure off the top of my head which brand/model the hybrid analogue and DVB-T tuner actually is, but there has been some discussion about this tuner recently in the DVB-T Linux mailing list. So if it isn't already supported, it soon should be. Then under Linux multiple DVB-T/analogue cards is a 'breeze'.
Croc Posted November 4, 2004 Posted November 4, 2004 hi Croc,I'm unsure off the top of my head which brand/model the hybrid analogue and DVB-T tuner actually is, but there has been some discussion about this tuner recently in the DVB-T Linux mailing list. So if it isn't already supported, it soon should be. Then under Linux multiple DVB-T/analogue cards is a 'breeze'. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> linux as desktop is not an option for me unless i turn 50 and decide that i wont play any games
Guest Gizmomelb Posted November 4, 2004 Posted November 4, 2004 dual boot or second desktop - when you're watching DVB-T it's generally hard to play any games at the same time (unless it's solitaire)
Croc Posted November 5, 2004 Posted November 5, 2004 dual boot or second desktop - when you're watching DVB-T it's generally hard to play any games at the same time (unless it's solitaire) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> there is way too many things i do at the same time to go for dual boot just for tv. and linux is just not an option as single os that is why i said IF the software is right than it would be great PLUS the pci or usb2 version. i been trying to google that card but it seem all is german
FMB Posted November 5, 2004 Posted November 5, 2004 If you look closely at the photo, it appears that the TV Tuner is an external box. My guess is that it's a USB tuner. I guess we'll just have to wait until next week.
meenie Posted November 9, 2004 Posted November 9, 2004 My initial guess is that it would be a PCMCIA card rather than a USB device. Had a bit of a look at the google results (search terms medion dvb), and then munged them with the translate function (most results were in German) - the pages seem to refer to a similar spec machine, and the DVB device attached is definitely a PCMCIA card. Cheers
White Rhino Posted November 9, 2004 Posted November 9, 2004 PCMCIA for; even just going by the pic. Found one on ebay here. Only thing wrong with it is that the screen in not 16:9. White Rhino
morkli Posted November 12, 2004 Author Posted November 12, 2004 These would have been released yesterday. Did anyone buy one? Cheers, morkli.
brent1503559619 Posted November 12, 2004 Posted November 12, 2004 I got one, but I'm in the middle of exams, so I haven't checked out the dvb tuner... I'll give it a go tonight (only one exam left next week). There are still some left at the Prahan store if you want. Screen is not brilliant. I'll post more details later.....
morkli Posted November 12, 2004 Author Posted November 12, 2004 I got one, but I'm in the middle of exams, so I haven't checked out the dvb tuner... I'll give it a go tonight (only one exam left next week). There are still some left at the Prahan store if you want. Screen is not brilliant. I'll post more details later..... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Okay, cool. Let us know if the DVB-T tuner is any good...and good luck with the last exam! While tempting, I'm not in the market for notebook at the moment. Anyway, Prahan would be a bit far, as I'm in Sydney Cheers, morkli.
BigBobOz Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 My mum got one of these as she was in the market for one. DTV worked fine once I found out I had to install a patch from one of the included CDs. Works well with the remote (I think it's a RF remote). Can do all the timeshifting with the remote (pause/rewind live tv). Can't do HDTV, tried it, didn't work. Rang them about it and was told the pcmcia bandwidth isn't good enough (don't know if this is true but certainly didn't work for me). Even managed decent reception with the tiny telescopic antenna! Not perfect but not far off... Don't know if this is common with PC tuners but changing channels takes a bit too long for me, maybe 2-3 seconds... Radio is good, but can only record to WAV or WMA formats (no mp3) but works easily, but has a crappy scan feature, scans through the whole freq range and adds a tonne of dud "channels" to the tonne of channels I don't want either. No option for scan to next channel like a car radio! Analogue TV tuner...didn't spend much time on it. Don't have very good analogue reception at my place but yeah works fine as well. That's about everything relating to the tuner on this laptop I think... Rob
digitaladvisor Posted March 11, 2005 Posted March 11, 2005 Only thing wrong with it is that the screen in not 16:9. It is WIDESCREEN. DA
tgb Posted March 26, 2005 Posted March 26, 2005 Only thing wrong with it is that the screen in not 16:9.It is WIDESCREEN. DA <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What is the difference between 16:9 and Widescreen??? - I thought they were the same!
tgb Posted March 26, 2005 Posted March 26, 2005 Only thing wrong with it is that the screen in not 16:9.It is WIDESCREEN. DA <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What is the difference between 16:9 and Widescreen??? - I thought they were the same!
kenneth1503559512 Posted March 26, 2005 Posted March 26, 2005 Widescreen can be many formats. Fox example, a DVD movie is usually widescreen but has a different aspect ratio to Digital TV.
wgong Posted March 26, 2005 Posted March 26, 2005 What is the difference between 16:9 and Widescreen??? - I thought they were the same! A typical widescreen laptop is one of the following resolutions: 1280x800 = 16:10 1680x1050 = 16:10 1920x1200 = 16:10 Similarly, 1280x1024 LCD panels are not 4:3, they are 5:4 This means you will see thin black bands at top and bottom of the screen when viewing 16:9 material on the laptop display.
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