Now I can watch TV on my Vaio Z1

[hankatten]

Just a little info for you vaio freaks out there...

After doing a bit research I found out, that Pinnacle came out with a new product called Pinnacle PCTV USB2, which is an external box, you can attach to your cable TV and then connect it to your laptop through an USB 2 port.

I was a bit reluctant buying it, since I haven't had that good an experience with Pinnacle products before. And I have already a webcam, an external harddrive, my Sony Ericsson P910i phone attached to my laptop, I thought that it might overload my system too much.

But I bought it for 99 euros in Fnac, and it really works great. Now I can watch TV while I work. It comes with a remote control, and you can also attach it to your VCR.

Does anyone else use their laptop to watch TV on?

[kee-lo_]

WOW Fnac made it to Denmark? They're going to take over Europe soon!

Yeah Pinacle are good, they make good video programs and hardware. Watching TV on a laptop is quite a cool idea, specially with those beautiful X-Black screens Sony now do.

[hankatten]

Nah - I am in sunny Lisbon, Portugal right now, where I spend most of my days since I hate the cold, rainy winter back in Denmark. :smileygrin:

[kee-lo_]

Ah right, yeah they did make it to Portugal....

[condrix]

Aye, I bought around Christmas an AverMedia AverTV Cardbus gizmo, goes into a PCMCI slot and can watch TV, make screenshots or record video to the HD. Cool!