<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Christopher Meredith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chmeredith@gmail.com">chmeredith@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Stephen Otto <<a href="mailto:sotto@emsco.com">sotto@emsco.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> On 2/10/2011 10:58, Stephen Otto wrote:<br>
>> The other option that I keep hearing little notes about is the upcoming<br>
> crystal HD cards. I believe that they are available in a form that would<br>
>> replace the wireless network card (which I don’t use) in the dell laptop.<br>
>><br>
>> The Crystal HD cards are all MiniPCIe. MiniPCI doesn't have enough<br>
> bandwidth. Make sure your laptop has the right kind of slot.<br>
><br>
> Hmmm. Good catch. It appears that my laptop has only a MiniPCI. Some of the<br>
> writings I had read incorrectly referred to the Crystal HD card as for the<br>
> older slot.<br>
><br>
> So it is everyone's consensus that the Dell laptop cannot be made to play<br>
> HDPVR recordings? If so I guess it is time to move on.<br>
<br>
</div>I've never tried this before, but since this isn't a mobile system and<br>
you have an available miniPCI slot, perhaps you could try one of<br>
these:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.amfeltec.com/products/minipci-to-pci-adapter.php" target="_blank">http://www.amfeltec.com/products/minipci-to-pci-adapter.php</a><br>
<br>
Then you could grab an 8400GS and be good to go with VDPAU.<br>
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<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>That is a really interesting device, and it makes used laptop motherboards more usable for PCs, providing one could mount it in a semi clean manner. However, I just received a response to my price inquiry and it seems that these things are pretty dang expensive:<br>
<br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: navy;">The
price for Amfeltec Flexible MiniPCI to PCI Adapter (SKU-036-01) is $162.42 USD.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: navy;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: navy;">Quantity
discounts are available.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: navy;"> </span></p>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: navy;">The shipping cost is $35.24
USD. </span><br> <br></div></div>Not sure how much of a bulk discount is available but at $200 shipped a whack, I don't think they are worth it.<br>