Be careful; NTSC is dead, and many (most? virtually all?) of the USB tv
tuners require a tremendous amount of decoding to be done by the CPU,
and have a minimum CPU requirement that is WAY above ANY CPUs present in
any netbooks. I have a Hauppauge 950Q, and it's fine for laptops that
have enough CPU to process the data, but the spec, at least, is a 1.8GHz
Centrino MINIMUM just to watch, and to record, a dual core.

Also keep in mind that you need to deal with 3 different standards:

NTSC ("old TV" ... now dead for over the air broadcasting, but still
used for some analog channels on some cable systems, and as an output
from VCRs and DVD players)

ATSC (aka over-the-air digital TV broadcasting)

QAM (Digital TV transmission (HD or not) over cable systems)

Ideally you want a device that can receive all 3 formats (which the 950Q
definitely can).

I really should try the 950Q on my Acer Aspire One. Even thought the
specs are not met (or even close), it might work. I do like how it
works on my Toshiba full size Core 2 Duo laptop, but I have just assumed
that it would not work on the netbook.


Ralph Mowery wrote:
> I am looking for opinions on a usb tv tuner to go with my netbook. The one
> I am looking at the most is an Artec T19ARD. What are others using on their
> net/notebooks ?
>
> Here is a url for one.
> http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...dlist=celebros
>