Any of you teccie's throw some light on this ?

[properperson]

 

I've got a Thai friend that has just moved into a new room....

 

The room comes with free cable tv and has a 2 meter cable plugged into the wall, which you'd usually plug into your TV.

 

Unfortumately, she hasn't got a TV, only a lap top (about 5 years old but works ok) and cannot afford the internet...

 

My question - is there some way of making the cable TV work on the laptop ? ...

 

TIA ...

 

 

[KittenKong]

You would need to buy a USB TV tuner (or similar) as described here:

 

https://www.lifewire.com/usb-tv-tuner-cards-1130675

 

A cheap used TV would be simpler and more cost-effective.

[RichCor]

...though it would be nice to know what signals are on the cable to get the right USB Tuner type:

 

• Analog MATV/CATV old school channel 
• Digital OTA Terrestrial (DVB-T2) digital streams
• Digital Cable TV (DVB-C2) as used by Cable Boxes with some channels encrypted and subscription only
• Digital Satellite (DVB-S2) highly unlikely it's this but possible

But, yea, as KittenKong wrote, you can get a USB TV adapter off Lazada for not too much baht if you know what's being sent over the cable.

 

Personally, I'd pony the money for a 4G Pocket WiFi Adapter and use the computer to watch stuff available off the Internet.