Questions on Watching TV on my Monitor.

pickles23 · 09-02-2009, 05:09 PM

I'm planning on buying a bigger monitor and I"m getting rid of my TV, I heard about Being able to watch TV on your monitor by running a cable to a TV tuner card.

My questions are:
I don't pay for cable or satellite i use these new Digital Channels that are out do I have to buy a converter box and hook it up to my computer?

What TV tuner would meet my needs?

If I bought a Monitor with HDMI, would having a HDMI cable from my computer to my Monitor produce better quality?(i have a graphics card with a DVI to HDMI
converter on it)

Thank you

ebackhus · 09-02-2009, 08:57 PM

Using a converter box to a tuner card will work, but if you plan to do this for an extended time I'd go with a tuner card with an ATSC tuner. That will allow direct tuning of digital broadcasts.

~~perce~~ · 09-21-2009, 11:56 PM

Xpert TV to VGA High-Resolution Converter. allows you to watch TV on your computer monitor.

ineedateam1 · 10-14-2009, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by perce

Xpert TV to VGA High-Resolution Converter. allows you to watch TV on your computer monitor.

heck your PC becomes your tv ...

treasurehunter1 · 11-01-2009, 01:52 AM

Why tv tunner is required if you are using for digital channels from internet?

09-02-2009, 05:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
pickles23 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 41 OS: Windows XP SP 2	Questions on Watching TV on my Monitor. I'm planning on buying a bigger monitor and I"m getting rid of my TV, I heard about Being able to watch TV on your monitor by running a cable to a TV tuner card. My questions are: I don't pay for cable or satellite i use these new Digital Channels that are out do I have to buy a converter box and hook it up to my computer? What TV tuner would meet my needs? If I bought a Monitor with HDMI, would having a HDMI cable from my computer to my Monitor produce better quality?(i have a graphics card with a DVI to HDMI converter on it) Thank you Last edited by pickles23; 09-02-2009 at 05:12 PM.

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~~perce~~ Troubled Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 5 OS: xp	Re: Questions on Watching TV on my Monitor. Xpert TV to VGA High-Resolution Converter. allows you to watch TV on your computer monitor.

11-01-2009, 01:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
treasurehunter1 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 28 OS: xp	Re: Questions on Watching TV on my Monitor. Why tv tunner is required if you are using for digital channels from internet?