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PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:16 am    Post subject: TV Tuner help Reply with quote

My 10 year old TV finally died and I was looking into Tv tuners, I have no clue what to look for though so I would appreciate some help.
I have basic cable (Rogers) and all i want to be able to do is watch tv\record if possible and play my wii\xbox360 and ps2 on it(?). The card needs to be able to run on my P4 and my newer i7 computer.. so I dont think i could use those smaller PCI cards (not sure tho). Newegg.ca and tigerdirect are the only sites I can buy from also Canada only! Razz

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

To play and record xbox/wii etc on your PC, you will require a Capture Card which is different to a TV Tuner.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So its not possible to just watch tv and play systems on a tv tuner? :S
( Dont really care tooo much about recording.)
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 1:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can get a regular TV tuner cheap, but to play consoles, you need some kind of AV input.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

still confused ... anyone wanna give me a few links on what i would need to buy to be able to watch tv\play gaming system on it?
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not so sure it works that way. But through a small search. I found this http://www.overclock.net/playstation/191028-how-play-your-ps3-through-your.html

Not sure if its a ps3, but the avs cables would work all the same.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hero wrote:
I'm not so sure it works that way. But through a small search. I found this http://www.overclock.net/playstation/191028-how-play-your-ps3-through-your.html

Not sure if its a ps3, but the avs cables would work all the same.

That is only to watch, not to record.
I did a little test with my TV Tuner, and i recorded my Xbox 360 gameplay using the TV Tuner. You must be aware of what video format your console uses (E.g Pal-60, NTSC etc). It didn't turn out good quality though.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can watch and recoded tv with a hpvr
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hitman wrote:
You can watch and recoded tv with a hpvr

Read the posts...

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So any tv tuner will let me watch tv, i just cant record? and thanks for the posts so far

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815122010
Would that allow me to watch tv on my computer with my cable?
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

make sure you get a card without hardware encoding or you WILL get input lag.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Each card is different.
I was wrong.
TV Tuners usually do have capture support but your better off getting a dedicated capture card to record Xbox etc.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Get the Winfast DTV1800. It allows to watch TV with an aerial, and has input for your Xbox. I play my N64 on it =]
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