PAL USB TV Tuner

In this forum you can write about anything that does not fit in other forums.
This includes generic Oric talkings and things that are totaly unrelated but want to share with people here :)
User avatar
TheSpider
Pilot Officer
Posts: 71
Joined: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:17 am
Location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA (Ex-Elgin, Scotland)
Contact:

PAL USB TV Tuner

Post by TheSpider »

Hiya y'all,

First up... Steve, the Oric Atmos passed it's first test in the USA.
I have it plugged into my 4-way strip, which is plugged into a socket/power convertor.
The keys click, and PING, ZAP, SHOOT, & EXPLODE all work great.

Need to move onto the next step... getting visual.
Did look at PC World before I left Britain, and was a bit bamboozled by the choice.
Add to the situation that my wife and Dad were with me, and BORED was not the word to describe them, so it was not ideal to take my time and pick something out there and then, even if it meant saving postage.

Have been intreagued by the variety of PAL USB TV Tuners, and right now I am looking at the Hauppauge 566 unit.
Here is an example product page for it.....
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/produc ... 566/925802

Cannot mail order from that site, but could from others.

Looking at USB for the ease of installation, and ability to "plug and play"
my Oric at friend's houses etc.

For your info, I have two PCs...
1) AMD 64 3200+ 2.04GHz, XP Pro, with many USB 2.0 slots.
2) HP 6630, Celeron 500MHz, 98SE, 2 USB (1.1?) ports.

Your thoughts?
Your suggestions?
All help will be most appreciated.
Peter (TheSpider) Paterson
A Scotsman in Kentucky
http://thespider.oric.org
http://mintspider.blogspot.com
User avatar
Microtan
Private
Posts: 4
Joined: Sat May 20, 2006 1:45 pm
Location: Rhondda Valley, Wales, UK
Contact:

Re: PAL USB TV Tuner

Post by Microtan »

TheSpider wrote:Hiya y'all,

First up... Steve, the Oric Atmos passed it's first test in the USA.
I have it plugged into my 4-way strip, which is plugged into a socket/power convertor.
The keys click, and PING, ZAP, SHOOT, & EXPLODE all work great.

Need to move onto the next step... getting visual.
Did look at PC World before I left Britain, and was a bit bamboozled by the choice.
Add to the situation that my wife and Dad were with me, and BORED was not the word to describe them, so it was not ideal to take my time and pick something out there and then, even if it meant saving postage.

Have been intreagued by the variety of PAL USB TV Tuners, and right now I am looking at the Hauppauge 566 unit.
Here is an example product page for it.....
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/produc ... 566/925802

Cannot mail order from that site, but could from others.

Looking at USB for the ease of installation, and ability to "plug and play"
my Oric at friend's houses etc.

For your info, I have two PCs...
1) AMD 64 3200+ 2.04GHz, XP Pro, with many USB 2.0 slots.
2) HP 6630, Celeron 500MHz, 98SE, 2 USB (1.1?) ports.

Your thoughts?
Your suggestions?
All help will be most appreciated.
Hi Peter

Have you tried feeding the Oric through a Region Free DVD player and then to the NTSC standard TV?

The idea is that the DVD picks up the PAL signal and converts to to NTSC where the picture can be seen on the TV.

If this does not work then do a Google search for "convert pal to NTSC" for suitable equipment.

Best wishes

Frank
User avatar
Symoon
Archivist
Posts: 2301
Joined: Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:44 am
Location: Paris, France

Post by Symoon »

I'm not sure but wouldn't this do what you're looking for ?
http://www.goyona.com/CRS-2000_MANUAL.pdf
This allows you apparently to plug any scart device (so, Atari, Oric, Amiga ?) and converts the signal to S-Video output.

Or this, to a VGA monitor:
http://www.goyona.com/CM-345S_Manual.pdf (I've read reports that it worked with an Amiga)

Hope this helps
Simon
User avatar
TheSpider
Pilot Officer
Posts: 71
Joined: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:17 am
Location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA (Ex-Elgin, Scotland)
Contact:

Re: PAL USB TV Tuner

Post by TheSpider »

Microtan wrote: Hi Peter
Have you tried feeding the Oric through a Region Free DVD player and then to the NTSC standard TV?
The idea is that the DVD picks up the PAL signal and converts to to NTSC where the picture can be seen on the TV.
If this does not work then do a Google search for "convert pal to NTSC" for suitable equipment.
Best wishes
Frank
Hiya Frank,
I have not, simply because I do not have Region Free DVD Player, although it is an item that I keep contemplating looking at getting sometime.
Have already ordered this card...
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spec ... KW-DVBT220
One benefit of getting such a card is that I can grab stills and video of the Oric in operation.
Peter (TheSpider) Paterson
A Scotsman in Kentucky
http://thespider.oric.org
http://mintspider.blogspot.com
User avatar
TheSpider
Pilot Officer
Posts: 71
Joined: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:17 am
Location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA (Ex-Elgin, Scotland)
Contact:

Post by TheSpider »

Symoon wrote:I'm not sure but wouldn't this do what you're looking for ?
http://www.goyona.com/CRS-2000_MANUAL.pdf
This allows you apparently to plug any scart device (so, Atari, Oric, Amiga ?) and converts the signal to S-Video output.
Or this, to a VGA monitor:
http://www.goyona.com/CM-345S_Manual.pdf (I've read reports that it worked with an Amiga)
Hope this helps
Simon
Hiya Simon,
Thanks so much for all this excellent information.
Peter (TheSpider) Paterson
A Scotsman in Kentucky
http://thespider.oric.org
http://mintspider.blogspot.com
Post Reply