2006-09-14 13:51:27 · 2 answers · asked by Bruce L 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Usually, you should talk about "integrated tv tuner" and "embedded encoder".
The tv tuner is the physical plug in your video card that is used to decode your tv cable (Co-Ax) that you get from your local cable company. It basically allows you to view your tv on your computer. Some cards come with two tv tuners, you can watch a show and record another.
The second is a way of increasing the performance of your computer by encoding (thus recording) your tv shows on your computers. Normally, encoders will support a certain file type (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, etc.). If you have a slow computer, this will considerably increase the performance of your encoding. If your have a fast computer, normally your software will do this and the encoder features should not be too much a problem.
2006-09-14 13:57:58 · answer #1 · answered by Bernz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means the encoder is in the video card,
2006-09-14 21:48:24 · answer #2 · answered by hunglow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋