Is it possible to watch television on my Dell computer?
if it is possible what do i have to do to be able to watch television on my computer?…i have a 20 inch flat panel monitor
You need a TV tuner card(pci) or through a usb port. They generally cost any where from $30-$120. Try and get a digital tuner as well since the analog will be fazed out soon and you will need a digital antenna to view TV unless you have cable or satellite. I personally have a ATI 8500dv video card that has a TV tuner built in the video card. Good luck.
I don’t know anything about computers, but I think you have to buy some card or something to do that. I’m going to get a new computer and my brother told me that if i wanted to watch tv on it i needed to buy something for it. I would look it up on the internet.
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Comment by basker_zeke — April 3, 2010 @ 6:36 am
yes it is possible
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Comment by jaun kerr — April 3, 2010 @ 6:58 am
You need a TV tuner card(pci) or through a usb port. They generally cost any where from $30-$120. Try and get a digital tuner as well since the analog will be fazed out soon and you will need a digital antenna to view TV unless you have cable or satellite. I personally have a ATI 8500dv video card that has a TV tuner built in the video card. Good luck.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_tuner_card
Comment by Miagi99 — April 3, 2010 @ 7:45 am
yes - you need to buy a tv card with an ariel port. From their you just connect it to the ariel - load the program that comes with and away you go.
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Comment by snowyfriend — April 3, 2010 @ 8:16 am
If you hook up your computer to your capture card, and you hook up the cable to the capture card. After that, you set up Windows Media Center to watch cable television.
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Personal Experience
Comment by coltscheated2006 — April 3, 2010 @ 8:40 am