Hi,

Just wondering if anyone knows if the Gainward USB TV2GO   “card” uses up a lot of CPU? I remember Drachen or gr00vy saying that the USB port uses up CPU processes and that it was created by Intel.

Anyways, does anyone know if the card uses up CPU processes while I’m watching TV on my laptop? I’d like to be able to watch some TV while I’m working on my laptop. But I don’t want it to significantly hamper the applications.

GoatCamel

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[quote author=“GoatCamel”]Hi,

Just wondering if anyone knows if the Gainward USB TV2GO   “card” uses up a lot of CPU? I remember Drachen or gr00vy saying that the USB port uses up CPU processes and that it was created by Intel.

Anyways, does anyone know if the card uses up CPU processes while I’m watching TV on my laptop? I’d like to be able to watch some TV while I’m working on my laptop. But I don’t want it to significantly hamper the applications.

GoatCamel

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had that about 2 months ago but sold it quickly..its a piece of crap..couldn’t get it to work. everytime i start the program, the only signal i get is the camera on the tr!! don’t get it, there are better ones out there.

hey,

are you sure?!
it looks really good. i like the fact that it’s super compact.

dam dude! I was hoping to use it to watch TV on my vacation.

And you never got it to work?

dam,
GoatCamel

yeah. i brought it brand new from newegg.com for 87 dollars plus free shiping…couldn’t get it to work for anything. if you are going to get it make sure you get it from a place with a good return policy.

sure LOOKS cool.  right price too.  oh well…  cant wait till they have something like that also has TV out!

I think there’s tons of these out there (USB 2)

check Ebay

Personaly there’s no way I would dangle that thing of the port-way to much stress.

If I owned one I would use an extension to seperate it from the notebook.

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Personaly there’s no way I would dangle that thing of the port-way to much stress.

If I owned one I would use an extension to seperate it from the notebook.

Yeah. I think you brought up a really good point. I gotta think twice about this.

GoatCamel

I got the Gayward TV2GO 1 month ago. It has been working like a charm so far. Used it on my TR. Used it on my Opteron. Remote is bulky but other than that is a small tiny device that works perfect. I had PCTV USB2 from Pinnacle… works fine ... too big though.

maybe i just got a defective one… going to wait for the new ATI USB2 version that should be out soon.

I was gonna buy it before I travel to China. But dammit it’s nowhere to be found on eBay. Guess I’ll try some other place.

I was watching this 3DGameMan video review on it. And the reviewer actually said that it was a good device. But that it’s not as good as the PCI ones.

Peace!
GoatCamel

here’s the ati version..