Bargain PC, PCW, Very Limited stock

anewman

scanner wrote:

i can confirm that there is NO tv-out on this pc....damn!!!

why the hell does it say so then??????

Sometimes TV out is via a cable which attaches to either the video card or motherboard. This is because there isn't enough space for all the video in and video out connectors. The connector on my particular card is a small circular one with holes for pins in the middle. A bit like a PS2 connector.

A PCI express video card with TV out shouldn't break the bank (check it has a PCIE rather than an AGP slot). Try https://www.ebuyer.com If you got one you still got a bargain.

Funkymum

I tried my local PC world this morning but no joy - Christchurch.
They checked the closest stores & said that Bracknell was showing as having one in stock.(still about 70 miles from me)
Hope this may be of some use to somebody.
I would give them a ring & check first just to make sure.
Funkymum

jellacott

anewman wrote:

Sometimes TV out is via a cable which attaches to either the video card or motherboard. This is because there isn't enough space for all the video in and video out connectors. The connector on my particular card is a small circular one with holes for pins in the middle. A bit like a PS2 connector.

A PCI express video card with TV out shouldn't break the bank (check it has a PCIE rather than an AGP slot). Try https://www.ebuyer.com If you got one you still got a bargain.

I think you will find that that small ps2 like connector is an S-Video socket and is usually the main form of TV-out socket on most graphics cards.

nailman

i bought one of these a 5 months ago brand new
i never got a recovry cd or and cds with it everything comes pre loaded
i dont think it has tv card either but will check tonight
the graphics card is shared

but otherwise ive had no problems with it very quiet m/c

themadbird

It's a fab compy - I bought one last week (new, with larger monitor) for £599. If I'd have seen this before then, I'd have bought one straight away. It's a great computer - having suffered the last 2 years with a cr**py Dell going back to PB was the best thing I've done in a while. Grab one if they're still out there

Not sure if it has a TV card either - cos I haven't tried it yet (just tried it, and yes it does have a TV card). Took no time to create the DVD Master - but still kept the preloaded part on the disc there in case. Radio works like a dream. Only thing I didn't like was the speakers, so went back to the Altec Lansing speakers from the Dell - now it's absolutely perfect.

Getting the ADSL on it was a bit of a pain, but after I worked it out - no complaints at all. :T

Oh and having problems installing USB storage reader at the mo, but sure something will work out.

Nick_A_2

nailman wrote:

i bought one of these a 5 months ago brand new
i never got a recovry cd or and cds with it everything comes pre loaded
i dont think it has tv card either but will check tonight
the graphics card is shared

but otherwise ive had no problems with it very quiet m/c

Thanks for the input mate. I think the start-up guide is a more general set up and our particular package doesn't include tv out. Is it true you have to burn the recovery disc from the pc startup?

themadbird

Nick_A wrote:

Is it true you have to burn the recovery disc from the pc startup?

Nope, I did it a few days after I'd sorted it all out.

scanner_2

can anyone please conform the motherboard model?

I want to work out what speed is the PCI-E bay, i.e. 1,2,4, 8, or 16?

thanks

nailman

this may be a silly point im not a techie
but i didnt think you needed to make a recovery disk
as the pc comes with some sort of system restore
were it will restore your pc back to last point in time it was working ok

if ive got the wrong please feel free to put me straight

mills04

scanner wrote:

can anyone please conform the motherboard model?

I want to work out what speed is the PCI-E bay, i.e. 1,2,4, 8, or 16?

thanks

its x16, a quick search on the Packard Bell forums brought this up for me.