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 Member 38 Level 16.30 Mar 2006 
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TV Tuner card
Ok. Here's the deal. Me and my two roomates share one TV between us. That has not been a problem so far... but the last few nights I have been unable to play more then an hour or two of Twilight Princess because my roomie is using his TV. Which I can't really blame him for, of course.
But this has made me realize that I need a TV of my own. And, since I have a very nice 23-inch flatscreen monitor right here, I figure I might as well use that. So here's what I want: Some method to use my computer - monitor AND speakers - as a TV screen, WITHOUT disabling the other functions of the coputer. In other words, I want to be able to minimize the TV window to browse Gamefaqs or whatever I might happen to want at the time. I don't actually watch TV, ever. The only thing I use them for is to hook up my game consoles. So that's all this needs to be able to do. It would also be nice if it supported High Definition TV/consoles, because I'm sure that that'll become more widespread as time goes on. The ability to capture footage would be nice, but it's not important. So basically I need a TV tuner card that I can plug my game consoles into, supports HD, and runs on my comp. But I have no idea how to choose one. I've been researching this for the past few days, but I'm having trouble finding any helpful source that I can use to pinpoint what I need. Someone help! I don't know whether it's even a factor, but in case it is, here are my comp stats: Windows XP AMD Athlon 64 Processor 2.21 GHz 1.00 GB of RAM nVidia Geforce 7800 GT card Thanks in advance. Any help at all is appreciated. How ya doing, buddy? |
Member 38 Level 16.30 Mar 2006
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Whoops, didn't even see this forum. Sorry about that.
Anyways, thanks for the link. The problem with something like that is that, just looking at the slots in the back, it doesn't seem to support the three-pronged audio/visual cables that most game systems use these days. And it looks like it might be linux based or some such thing, reading the comments. That's the sort of problems I've been having - I can find all sorts of cards at stores and stuff, but what I need is... some guide to choosing the right one, or at least being able to decipher what the descriptions in the stores mean. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
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