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Bob wrote:
I don't know anything about watching TV on my PC but I've heard it is possible. I have digital cable and wonder if getting a tuner card for my PC would work for watching the channels provided by my digital cable provider. As someone else pointed out leadtek makes a nice card for under $50. I saw where Haughpauge is making an HDTV tuner card now? No idea how much they are. -- Stacey |
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TV Tuner Card Info
I don't know anything about watching TV on my PC but I've heard it is
possible. I have digital cable and wonder if getting a tuner card for my PC would work for watching the channels provided by my digital cable provider. I'm not too concerned about recording altough it would be nice. If I can get good reliable reception I would love it. Is this possible? I have a 2.6 ghz processor with 1.25 gigs of RAM and an 80 gig HD. I can use either Windows XP home edition or Linux, whichever is better for the task. If it is possible, what is a decent card to buy? I can spend up to a couple hundred, and possibly a little more. Thanks for all replies. Bob |
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"Bob" wrote in message om... I don't know anything about watching TV on my PC but I've heard it is possible. I have digital cable and wonder if getting a tuner card for my PC would work for watching the channels provided by my digital cable provider. I'm not too concerned about recording altough it would be nice. If I can get good reliable reception I would love it. Is this possible? I have a 2.6 ghz processor with 1.25 gigs of RAM and an 80 gig HD. I can use either Windows XP home edition or Linux, whichever is better for the task. If it is possible, what is a decent card to buy? I can spend up to a couple hundred, and possibly a little more. Thanks for all replies. Bob Couple hundred!!!??? Leadtek makes a nice full featured card for $30. It can't decode the digital stuff, but you can watch TV via the output of your digital box using a video or RF connection. The Leadtek card takes video in, RF in, and FM in. The included WinPVR software gives you TV in a window and allows recording live or via timers as well as other PVR features. Alan |
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Alan Wright wrote:
"Bob" wrote in message om... I don't know anything about watching TV on my PC but I've heard it is possible. I have digital cable and wonder if getting a tuner card for my PC would work for watching the channels provided by my digital cable provider. I'm not too concerned about recording altough it would be nice. If I can get good reliable reception I would love it. Is this possible? I have a 2.6 ghz processor with 1.25 gigs of RAM and an 80 gig HD. I can use either Windows XP home edition or Linux, whichever is better for the task. If it is possible, what is a decent card to buy? I can spend up to a couple hundred, and possibly a little more. Thanks for all replies. Bob Couple hundred!!!??? Leadtek makes a nice full featured card for $30. It can't decode the digital stuff, but you can watch TV via the output of your digital box using a video or RF connection. The Leadtek card takes video in, RF in, and FM in. The included WinPVR software gives you TV in a window and allows recording live or via timers as well as other PVR features. Alan Where can you get the card for under $30?? I did a search, and see for about ~$55 Thanks..... |
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On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 16:50:01 -0400, "BalloonKnot" nospam@home wrote:
Where can you get the card for under $30?? I did a search, and see for about ~$55 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...type=Refurbish They're not guaranteed to come with all accessories, though I and others have reported receiving the complete retail package... YMMV. |
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kony wrote:
On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 16:50:01 -0400, "BalloonKnot" nospam@home wrote: Where can you get the card for under $30?? I did a search, and see for about ~$55 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...type=Refurbish They're not guaranteed to come with all accessories, though I and others have reported receiving the complete retail package... YMMV. Thanks....I have been trying to get an old STB card to work under winXp with no luck. I can get it to work in Win2k though. I may just get a Lite-on DVD burner while I'm at it. Thanks again.... |
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Stacey wrote in message ...
Bob wrote: I don't know anything about watching TV on my PC but I've heard it is possible. I have digital cable and wonder if getting a tuner card for my PC would work for watching the channels provided by my digital cable provider. As someone else pointed out leadtek makes a nice card for under $50. I saw where Haughpauge is making an HDTV tuner card now? No idea how much they are. That's great! I threw out the dollar figure not knowing what those things cost but if it's under $50 it's surely worth a try. I'll have to get one and see what kind of quality I can get and maybe if I can also get the connector for digital. Thanks much for the information. Bob |
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