USB 2.0 ports computersarghgrr

[Xander]

More problems for you awesome techy people here ;_;

I got this WinTV thing todaaay. So I'm meant to get digital TV channels on my PC, woot. But it seems to kinda suck. I didn't notice that it says it needs a USB 2.0 port. Well I thought it may just run slower on USB 1. It all set up ok and stuff but then I tried to tune to pick up the channels and it wouldn't pick them up..then it had a message about needing usb 2.0 port to stream video stuff....

As my computer only has USB 1 ports, I guess that I need to buy a USB 2.0 hub or extra ports or whatever to connect.

But in my instructions, it says "Due to power and bandwidth requirement, we do not recommend connecting the unit into a USB Hub. Connect the WinTV-Nova-T-Stick to the USB connection of your computer."

Okay, so that sounds like I have to have a USB 2.0 port directly on my computer already...but I don't ;_; Do I need to buy one and actually install it inside the computer? Anyone got any experience with WinTV? thanks.. ;__;

[crono_logical]

Okay, so that sounds like I have to have a USB 2.0 port directly on my computer already...but I don't ;_; Do I need to buy one and actually install it inside the computer?

Yes, you buy a USB2 expansion card (usually a PCI card) and install it inside the PC, so the USB2 ports come out of the back of the case with all the other ports

Must be an old machine to not have USB2 though

[Xander]

Only a few yearsss.. I think ;_;

In my device manager I have 2 that say "SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller" and 2 that say USB root hub.. so I guess no 2. PCI card doesn't sound so bad though...I guess I can get someone to help with it. Why do computers outdate so quickly, it feels like only yesterday... ;_;