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If you are like many computer centered users, you are watching more and more video including TV shows on your computer's screen. Whether at home, the office or at the coffee shop, more and more people are ditching their TV's for their computer screens. One way to watch live broadcasts of TV without having to connect to the internet is with an HDTV tuner card. HDTV Tuners are perfect for watching over the air broadcasts of not only analog TV signals, but HD (high definition) TV signals as well. Two Types of HDTV Tuner CardsThere are generally two types of HDTV tuner cards, the first are
Computer Hardware & Software RequirementsGenerally speaking, most computers have the capability of viewing TV by HDTV tuner cards. A computer should have a graphics card with at least 64 MB, an 800 MHZ processor and an
Picking Up Signals from Cable and Satellite BroadcastsIt should be noted that HDTV tuners only pick up free, unencrypted HDTV signals. This means that besides the common networks, you probably will not be able to pick up any additional channels from satellite. HDTV tuners can hook directly to older cable boxes- but most only include connections to analog devices. |
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