Guest Tam o' Shantie Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 I think my girlfriend has some contraption that lets her watch TV on the 'puter? not sure though, and she's at work so i can't ask. so, is there a video card or something that i can fit to my machine and watch TV on? the only reason i ask is that i think it would be cool to watch tv on my computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midgeski Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 oh we have that i think- my dad showed me before he left for africa. bad recpetion tho. no idea how to work it or anything. but as long as i know its there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Ascension Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 yeh you can get tv cards to get in the back of ur machine, plug in an aerial and your off.... I think some graphics cards have this feature built in (mainly the shit back ones the PC World try to flog and talk about the TV feature more than anything else...)but look around on Dabs or Scan for some cards for TV, some of them aint too expensive and it's a great way to dodge the TV Licence people if ur a student... haha.Its really not that great if you have an actual TV though.... just a novelty that easily wears off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 you just need a tv tuner card, hauppage make loads of them. they are usually PCI cards, though you can get ones that are integrated with an AGP graphics card (i think ATI makes them, the all in wonder cards or something). the cards are ok, and it's fun to capture bits from TV to mess about with in video editors, etc. it is important to have a good reception feed though, otherwise you'll get pissed off with it pretty quick.check out ebay, you can usually pick up an old hauppage wintv card for around 15-20 quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenni. Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 I have that on my computer. As has already been said though, the reception I get out here is terrible even though we went and bought a super aerial. Still far too much hassle trying to get it going at a decent quality, I'll stick with my dodgy squint tv for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Main Agent Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 Is there not a "soft" internet TV available from various sources that streams like cable, and plays on wmp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MarkJDelaney Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 I use a capture card from SnaZio - the TV PVR. I use it for recording VHSs to DVD, capturing or taking snap shots TV, keeping an eye on the security camera (while I'm watching TV on the.. well real TV), capturing footage from video camera etc. http://www.snazzishop.co.uk/cartuk_TvPVR.aspOnly 31 pounds, fantastic features, comes with cables and a remote control. I highly recommend it.A nice feature like I mentioned before, copying my VHSs to a DVD, is that you can record on the fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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