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is there any way that i can watch local tv from my laptop?

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said :
#1

Only if

1) Your local TV streams to internet

or

2) You have a TV tuner in your laptop, or buy one.

if (1) you just need the to find the web page.
if (2) What's the make and model of your PC? If the tuner is an external adaptor we need make and model of adaptor.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#2

Buy a USB TV card

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adom he (doobapooba1) said :
#3

i have an hp pavilion dv8000 and the other laptop is a dell latitude D505

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said :
#4

Neither of these has TV installed you can get a USB TV tuner though.

Type "usb tv tuner linux supported" into Google you will find a number of hits. Choose one that's supported under Linux and buy it.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#5

The people buying stuff on Amazon usually state when it works with Linux etc.

http://www.amazon.com/KWorld-ATSC-Digital-Stick-KW-UB435Q/dp/B001LQEEEA/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1349089152&sr=1-4&keywords=TV+USB+Ubuntu

Here is an example, search the page for 'Ubuntu' and you'll see what I mean

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