{"id":532,"date":"2007-02-25T13:32:40","date_gmt":"2007-02-25T12:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=532"},"modified":"2007-02-25T13:33:39","modified_gmt":"2007-02-25T12:33:39","slug":"usb-tv-dongle-recommendation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=532","title":{"rendered":"USB TV dongle &#8211; recommendation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We held our first corporate hospitality event yesterday&#8230;it was tied in with the Scotland vs Italy rugby match, but let&#8217;s not go there.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, we used a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freecom.com\">Freecom<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freecom.com\/ecproduct_detail.asp?ID=2234&#038;CatID=400\">USB TV dongle<\/a>, a laptop and a projector to display the rugby (England vs Ireland).  There seemed to be a lot of interest in what I was using to actually receive the TV signal, so I figured it was worth making this post.  An Internet connection was not required, nor was the need to be connected to a corporate network.  You just need a regular laptop or PC.<\/p>\n<p>This is the product in question, we paid \u00a324.99 for it:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk\/e\/cm?t=craigmurphyco-21&#038;o=2&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B000ALAWQ6&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Subject to your region and a good signal, it&#8217;ll pick up the Digital <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freeview.co.uk\/\">Freeview<\/a> channels, including the radio stations.  It&#8217;s pretty cool in that it can project a TV picture via the laptop&#8217;s VGA port whilst leaving the laptop&#8217;s original screen free for you to use &#8211; great if you have a second monitor and just want the TV on in the background while you work.<\/p>\n<p>We get some 82 channels using the out-of-the-box aerial unit &#8211; of course, your mileage may vary.  Ignore the odd negative review over at Amazon, this unit works and it works well &#8211; if you live in poor signal area, you can&#8217;t expect wonders.<\/p>\n<p>Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/USB\" rel=\"tag\">USB<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/USB+TV\" rel=\"tag\">USB TV<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Freecom\" rel=\"tag\">Freecom<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/dongle\" rel=\"tag\">dongle<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/rugby\" rel=\"tag\">rugby<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/corporate+hospitality\" rel=\"tag\">corporate hospitality<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We held our first corporate hospitality event yesterday&#8230;it was tied in with the Scotland vs Italy rugby match, but let&#8217;s not go there. Anyway, we used a Freecom USB TV dongle, a laptop and a projector to display the rugby (England vs Ireland). There seemed to be a lot of interest in what I was &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=532\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">USB TV dongle &#8211; recommendation<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}