TV on PC

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TV on PC

December 30, 2006, 11:13:45 PM

has anyone here done this? I recently bought one of the cards from ebay and am trying it out, works really well except that i cant use my digital audio and my surround sound.

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Reply #1 – December 31, 2006, 12:50:56 AM

I used to do it, when my parents said I couldn't have a tv in my room! lol

That reminds me... I gotta get my cards back so I can do it again!

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Reply #2 – December 31, 2006, 08:56:08 AM

I have a cheap CompUSA brand TV tuner card that works pretty well for being a $50 piece. I broke the end of the coaxial cable so I've been too lazy to fix it and start using it again.

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Reply #3 – January 06, 2007, 05:13:12 PM

I did that so long ago its rediculous. I think the card costed $50, oh I dont know, 10 or more years ago?. It came for free with a $50 web cam actually... It was a long time ago I would have been 9 or 10 at the time. still works like new.

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Reply #4 – January 06, 2007, 06:17:32 PM

Back when I first moved out on my own I bought an ATI All-In-Wonder Pro for my computer. It had a mighty 4MB frame buffer (maybe I should post this in that old Tandy thread) and I paired it with a 12MB 3DFX Voodoo II 3D card. I would sit up all night in front of that thing with mIRC taking up half the screen, a TV window taking up a quarter (with Duckman showing on it, usually), and some other random program taking up the remaining quarter. All this was squeezed onto a 14" CRT @1024X768

All that being a roundabout way of saying Yes, I've done it, and I liked it, but having a dedicated TV ended up being better

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Reply #5 – January 08, 2007, 04:52:11 PM

If you do it dont go the ATI All-In-Wonder route. The TV on mine (AIW 9600) worked until I re-booted my machine and I've never been able to get it going since. One of the drivers caused windows not to boot up and I had to start up in safe mode and use system restore.

If I was to do it all over again I'd get one of the separate TV pci cards. I'll probably just do what ThunderChicken said and just get a TV for the "office".

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Reply #6 – January 08, 2007, 05:07:37 PM

I'm running a Lifeview FlyTV based off brand card. Works great. One nice thing is, if I'm stuck at ARCH hall late with my laptop, and I know there is something I want to watch on, I can set up my tv on my desktop like a webcam, and watch tv at ARCH hall over the internet. :) I can't change channels (I haven't tried setting up a remote connection to it) but it's better than nothing. I'm planning on doing this tonight for the BCS chapionship game (go Ohio State) while I get some work done.

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Reply #7 – January 08, 2007, 06:50:02 PM

Quote from: SSX;122582

(go Ohio State)

I love you!!! Go State!

I have an ATI ALL-IN-WONDER x800 xt 256ddr2 card. I love it.

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Reply #8 – January 11, 2007, 07:49:19 PM

I bought a pcHDTV card for $120 that gives you HDTV as well as the standard buttstuffog TV.

The card works good, especially since it added HDTV (there are about 4 new on the air channels) to the house.

It was a struggle since I've never messed with Linux before, but worth the effort to then install MythTV, a free version similar to TIVO that skips commercials, as well as records programs automatically. It also gives you a free on-screen TV guide.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/09/08/the_mythtv_convergence/

http://mythtv.org/