2006-11-11 17:20:08 · 2 answers · asked by Qasim 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TiVO & DVRs
Get a TV tuner card (about $20, on sale), install it in your computer, and hook up either cable or an antenna. I got one at Comp USA and it works great. Of course, in a couple of years it won't work because everything is going HDTV, but for $20 it's a good deal. Mine came with scheduling software so you could set it like a VCR or DVDR and save it to disk. You can even pick the format to save in -- MPEG, AVI, DVD, etc. The software also lets you pick the video input type -- NTSC, PAL, SECAM. I don't know if it really works on PAL or SECAM, but I know when I select those, I don't get a picture.
It also has some video inputs, so if you have something on a tape or a camera, you can transfer those on to your system, too.
2006-11-11 20:15:00 · answer #1 · answered by sd_ducksoup 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reffering to the answer above, you will need one with an ATSC tuner to receive digital over the air broadcasts (antenna) and a QAM tuner to receive cable digital (unscrambled) channels.
2006-11-12 05:21:58 · answer #2 · answered by cabbiinc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋