Small TVs/PC monitors that have coaxial input

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:31:45 +0100, "{daZza}" [email protected]"BUT PLUG"gmail.com
wrote:

The reason the pc monitor is cheaper is because it doesnt
contain a tuner and all the other gubbins to display a tv
picture, a monitor is just a display device to display a video
signal which rf is not (IIRC)

A TV tuner plus other gubbins would hardly cost 131 pounds!

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I did note yesterday that a USB Freeview tuner seems to be
marketted at about £100.

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I don't know where you go shopping for PC parts but that seems
awfully pricey. A USB stick Freeview tuner can be had for just 21
pounds http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/108219/rb/21859387254 while
even a Hauppauge branded USB Freeview tuner is under 40 pounds
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/113962/rb/21859387254

Perhaps a better comparison would be with a standalone Freeview Set
Top Box which can be found for as little as 16 pounds
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/116278/rb/21859302631.
I am sure that is more than equivalent to a tuner & gubbins.

Errrrrr no, show me how you can connect a set-top/usb freeview tuner
DIRECTLY to an lcd monitor to produce a picture????

I doubt that the necessary electronics required to interface between electronics
equivalent to the standalone Freeview STB & the TV would cost a manufacturer 115
pounds.

You seem to forget that after the usb freeview tuner "stick" is a computer
containing a graphics card, memory, processor, hdd and a MB to connect them
all together, not forgetting the software to make it all work, now that
sounds like about £131 doesnt it??

Irrelevant. I was just pointing out to the previous poster that 100 pounds was
very expensive for a USB Freeview tuner. As I pointed out a better comparison is
the cost of a standalone Freeview STB.


It it was that easy/cheap then why do these useless little things still cost
so much???
http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/507_824959.html

Because they are miniaturised just in the same way that very small laptops are
more expensive than medium sized laptops.

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Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

I recently bought an LCD for my kitchen, I found that the price difference
for 15" to 17" was around £50.00 and thus opted for the 15" model. If you
shop around you be able to get a 15" LCD TV around £150 (unless you want a
top name branded model), as you don't need freeview etc there are quite a
lot to choose from.

The model I purchased was £149.99 (from Argos)

Ebuyer has a 15" widescreen available for £139.98 (there will probably be
delivery to add) see
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...103632&_LOC=UK

Thanks - I saw that but it isnt widescreen, If yu look at the final
image you can see the box