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**magnethead** · 11-10-2007, 01:57 PM

Being as i'm going off to college next year, I figure that using a TV tuner will be cheaper than having a TV in the dorm since i have a 17" TFT CLD flatpanel screen. What's the best TV tuner card that would be cheaper than having a TV and work with an nvidia 7800GT PCIE graphics card?

I'd like an internal so the video inputs would go straight into the computer for PVRing ect but like an external because i dont have to worry about hardware conflicts and have PiP..plus the gfx card will be DVI-I and external would be VGA and my flatpanel has both inputs so i could use it's source switch and do all kinds of things.

Which would be better? Honestly, i don't see myself doing much for PVRing.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...868&CatId=1427

Something like..can't beat 40 bucks either.

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magnethead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,570 OS: Vista ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 3	TV tuner options? Being as i'm going off to college next year, I figure that using a TV tuner will be cheaper than having a TV in the dorm since i have a 17" TFT CLD flatpanel screen. What's the best TV tuner card that would be cheaper than having a TV and work with an nvidia 7800GT PCIE graphics card? I'd like an internal so the video inputs would go straight into the computer for PVRing ect but like an external because i dont have to worry about hardware conflicts and have PiP..plus the gfx card will be DVI-I and external would be VGA and my flatpanel has both inputs so i could use it's source switch and do all kinds of things. Which would be better? Honestly, i don't see myself doing much for PVRing. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...868&CatId=1427 Something like..can't beat 40 bucks either. __________________ For proper support: what are you running? graphics, cpu, m/board, ram, PSU brand wattage PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER . Bench Testing Your System Last edited by magnethead; 11-10-2007 at 02:09 PM.