I would very much like your opinion on watching TV on a PC.
For many years, I used to have various ATI Radeon all-in-wonder cards that included a TV tuner.
I currently think it is better to separate the functionality between a graphics card and a multi-media tuner.
I have been without a TV tuner on my PC for about two years and I have been waiting for some of the technology and industry to shake out and decide "what it wants to do".
Here are my questions: - With the growing availability of watching TV directly from the web, is a TV tuner something that is worth getting ?
- On my TV, I have a "box", which allows me to watch HD TV, TV and movies on demand that has DVR capability to record shows on the box, to see later. (Comcast Cable) I have a HDMI link from my cable box to my TV
- I have a HDMI connection from my Ultra Divx Certified,"play about anything", cheapo, upshifting, Philips DVP5990 stand alone DVD player.
- I would like to have similar functionality with a TV tuner on my PC, unfortunately, if I don't have the same digital cable box, connected to the TV tuner, I would only be Actually, I don't really know if I had my cable box connected, if there will be some additional scrambling of the signal from the TV in hardware and software on my PC.
- Could anyone recommend a particular TV tuner that would could give high quality input, a myriad of TV stations and allows for reliable capturing ?
- Does anyone think that getting a TV tuner that is either USB or an internal card is somewhat obsolete ?
- Anyone use some of the Internet TV feeds that are available with free or with a subscription that they would recommend
Thanks in advance.
Jon
