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watching tv on the computer

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anyone know how you exactlly set this up? i am interested in watching cable tv on my computer
can you tell me what the price budget would be and what equipment i would need
thanks :)
 
ya need a tv turner card which goes for 50 bucks, its faily easy to set up just read the directions it comes with :)
 
oh just about any Best buy or anywhere that sells computer components they are very easy to find. Just ask for pc tv tuners.

would suggest ATi's turners, probably the best on the market right now, I don't have much experience with others though.
 
They come in all different configurations, but in most cases, you pretty much install the card, make an internal or exteral audio connection (depends on your hardware), install the software that came with the card, screw the cable tv wire into the back, configure the software for your setup and then sit back and watch

They start around $30 more or less, and go way up from there...

newegg's got a whole area set aside for em, here:
http://www.newegg.com/app/manufact.asp?catalog=47&DEPA=0
 
Also check out Compusa if you have one near you. We are selling a Hauppauge Win TV Go, the low end model for like 20 bucks after savings or something. Good basic Tuner Card.

If you want the whole nine, including recording and such, check out the PVR250 series.
 
[H]auppauge PVR 250 is really the only way to go. It does [H]ardware decoding which means that your CPU doesn't have to do all the work.
If you have a low end CPU could be rough without it!
I can surf. watch TV, read the forums, watch TV, do phottochop, watch TV, play FarCry and watch TV and the card uses only around 11% of the CPU.
Quality (picture is great) is good, support is excellent (good forum support also). Had an issue and [H]auppauge e'd me back within a day.
Go to the [H]TPC forums here and do a search and you'll get a good idea.
The 350 series encodes and decodes in [H]ardware and has radio,not sure it's needed.
You won't be disappointed and as Silverghost says..........
"remember though, you get what you pay for..."
 
If your TVcable is now plugged into your cable modem, it would be best to select a quality splitter that is made for higher frequencies mine says it's 5M-1.1Ghz I'm assuming those are the -3db falloff frequesncies.
One word of warning: You are starting down a dangerous road. First it's the TV card, then comes the little fridge to sit beside your computer for the beer, and finally you will start thinking about modding your computer chair into a toilet and never ever leaving your computer room again.
One of the bennies of having a TV card in your PC is that when you install it, you have a TIVO of gigantic proportions. My hard drive is cluttered with history channel, SciFi channel Cspan, PBS programs... so you will be needing a huge hard drive too!
 
No No NO! the putrification of the geek keeps the annoying wifey types away, it's all part of my master plan MWAHAHAHAHA!
 
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