Why does my TV have a PC card slot?

Ramz_3

A few days ago, I was taking a look at my Sony Bravia, and I noticed it had a PCI Express Card Slot slot, and i've been wondering, why?

Inactive

Are you sure it isn't a Top-Up TV Cam slot, they are the same as a cam slot on a laptop.;)

Mobeer

Are you sure it is not a Common Interface (CI) slot for accessing digital subscription channels?

Ramz_3

It has one of those plastic things inside which you can eject, and on it it says "PC Card"

alanrowell

According to the Sony website it's a PCMCIA Card Slot. Doesn't say what it's for though

missile

I have a Panasonic, but it has the same slot so I guess it does the same on your tele?

Mine allows me to a)Insert card from a digital camera to view photos on screen b)Insert a card and record TV - like a mini DVD recorder.

When there is nout on tele, you could read the manual?

Ramz_3

missile wrote: »

I have a Panasonic, but it has the same slot so I guess it does the same on your tele?

Mine allows me to a)Insert card from a digital camera to view photos on screen b)Insert a card and record TV - like a mini DVD recorder.

When there is nout on tele, you could read the manual?

Thanks, i'm looking at PCMCIA on Amazon and found some ones for Wifi, does this mean I can somehow connect my tv to my router?

Inactive

It is as described at posts 2 and 3, a cam slot, it is there so that you can use a cam to take a card to receive paid for channels on Freeview, originally Top Up TV and more recently Setanta, it has nothing to do with Wifi.

It is a similar type of cam slot that is used on a laptop, but that is where the similarity ends.

Well that is what the one on my JVC TV is used for, so I am fairly certain they are all the same.

missile

Seems like it this is not the same as the slot on mine.