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Laptop tv

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  • 02-01-2014 2:12pm
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    AggerDagger
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭


    If I want to watch something on my tv from my laptop I use a HDMI cable.

    Is there a way I can do the opposite ? I don't want to stream I want to transfer what's on my tv to my laptop. Thanks


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    Lennyzip
    Registered Users Posts: 352 ✭✭Lennyzip


    AggerDagger wrote: »
    If I want to watch something on my tv from my laptop I use a HDMI cable.

    Is there a way I can do the opposite ? I don't want to stream I want to transfer what's on my tv to my laptop. Thanks

    I'd assume you woukd need a tv tuner card on your laptop to start off with . But I'm sure there are alternative ways of doing it with external periphery devices .


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    AnCatDubh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,392 ✭✭✭AnCatDubh


    With you not wanting to stream the regular chanels from the web, you can get a tuner card / usb dongle thingimybobs which can receive TV - limited to that which they can receive (different models will support different types of TV transmission - Saorview, Satelite, etc...).

    Alternatively, you can set up server in your house to stream over your local LAN (wireless or wired). Something like the tvheadend project would do this (i'm hoping to try this out later in the year with xbmc tuning into it).

    The difference with this as opposed to streaming over the web is that you are receiving locally over traditional means (receiver antanae of some description, saorview, satalite, etc), and distribution to your laptop over local LAN as opposed to pulling down certain feeds from the internet like aertv.ie.


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    sdowling04
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭sdowling04


    AggerDagger wrote: »
    If I want to watch something on my tv from my laptop I use a HDMI cable.

    Is there a way I can do the opposite ? I don't want to stream I want to transfer what's on my tv to my laptop. Thanks

    Nearly positive the HDMI slot on a laptop is a HDMI out so you cannot stream content into the HDMI slot :(


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