My cousin is purchasing a new desktop PC and I'm thinking about getting a tv tuner for one of the PCI slots (or getting a USB/external box with video capture capability) as a present. Now, she doesn't have cable, so I am wondering if one needs to have cable to use a tv tuner?
2007-09-10 09:15:39 · 3 answers · asked by Kairi 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Would reception be better than the antenna on the TV?
2007-09-10 09:30:18 · update #1
Aerial or cable plugs to the tuners signal input. Reception would be limited on an aerial antenna and signal reception could vary a lot from channel to channel.
2007-09-10 13:52:16 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, just like you don't need cable for a TV to work. But you'll only be able to watch the channels that broadcast over the air in your vicinity.
2007-09-10 16:19:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It works just like a television, you can plug in cable or just an antenna.
2007-09-10 16:20:02 · answer #3 · answered by Shwaa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋