Laptop for student & to watch TV

Sharon87

What I did at uni for TV Licence, is I started it in October, so I could cancel before the 4th payment came out, so I didn't need to pay a whole year. Freshers week people rarely watch TV anyway, too busy getting drunk and getting to know each other.

I would suggest the safest option is to get a TV Licence. My hall mates who didn't have TVs always had letters from the TVL company saying 'you need a TV Licence if you have a TV'

That way there's no need to worry about the technicalities of if the laptop is plugged in or not. As for viewing football on his XBox, I would suggest get a smallish TV - no bigger than 32 inch with 2 HDMI sockets and whatever the XBox needs (I assume it's HDMI)

If you buy a laptop with a HDMI output too, then you can connect the laptop to the TV as well.

System

wallbash wrote: »

Far more important than watching the football on his laptop is the boring subject of laptop theft. One, insure it . Don't just think it will be covered on an existing policy , it won't.

And can I bring to your attention a favorite topic of mine .

http://preyproject.com/

This completely free piece of software can reunite the said laptop/ smart phone with its owner , if stolen.

My daughter , was able to give the location of her stolen laptop .........280 miles away , the IP address being used , name of thief ( via email address) and even a picture of him ( via web cam ) sitting using her laptop. Police knocked on his door 2 hours later.

Thief got fined , a criminal record and my daughter got her lap top back .

Preyproject , please spread the word to all , it costs nothing but might be the best bit of software hidden on your laptop.

Thanks for this

Wish i'd had it when i was at uni and my laptop got stolen!

Got it installed on my laptop and phone now

sistafromanothermista

VirginM- you have typed the same message over and over again. I would call this 'spamming'.
Pack it in.:mad:
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