what precautions i have to take while using external tv tuner card (to safe guard the system hardware)?
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There are no known security issues with TV tuner cards ... all they basically do is convert a tv signal to a digital signal and vise versa ...
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you need a card tv card that has a svideo output.
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A TV tuner card, will allow you to watch TV on your computer.
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Get an ATI-TV Wonder card and follow the instructions.
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In case of Internal TV Tuner Card, 'Tech Com' is quite good. I've used it. 'Intex' is also fine. For more information log on to Nehru Place IT Hub's website www.npithub.com
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I actually have the exact same tv tuner as you. When I first installed the software, the programs were jerky as well. What the problem actually is is that you need more RAM for your computer. RAM helps with loading and running multiple programs at the same time. The more RAM you have in your system, the smoother it will run. Just about every brand of computer has a customer support website that you can look up specifications of your particular make and model of your computer. Look up what type of RAM you need and buy that particular kind for your system and follow the instructions on how to install it into your computer. Your tv tuner, as well as your other programs will operate a lot smoother then. Good luck in getting it to work!
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Mercury Ez View TV Tuner Card with Remote should have all software and connections you would need
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if I had to guess its assosiated with a TV tuner card, if you dont have one I'd do a virus sweep!
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It will look just like normal TV looks through the tuner card. Windowed you're fine. If you go fullscreen it will look bad because a TV's resolution is really low when compared to a computer screen.
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My only suggestion is to try PowerStrip to adjust the tv out settings from your video card:\n\nhttp://entechtaiwan.net/util/ps.shtm\n\nThis utility gives you complete control over your video output, from refresh rate to overscan.  Good luck!
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Does your laptop have USB ports?  Does it have a decent graphics card?  That's probably all you need.  Search for "usb tv tuner" and you'll come across several.  I have the WinTV-USB external tv tuner made by Hauppauge, and it works great.  I can watch tv, record shows, schedule recordings, and it even scans  for active channels (works with basic and digital cable, as well as regular tv).  \n\nI have an HP Pavilion dv5000 laptop, but didn't get the one built-in, because it was expensive.  I bought the tuner at Circuit City back in May for about $50 after a $30 rebate.  It was great for when we moved, because we could still watch tv on the laptop while we waited on our television to arrive!  \n\nYou can even get tuners that come with remotes, though I didn't opt for that when I bought mine; I just change the channels on the computer.  \n\nOther options include pcmcia tv tuners (plugs into the pc card slot on the laptop if it has one, search for "pcmcia tv tuner" online) and express card tv tuners (plugs into the express card slot on newer laptops that have that type of slot).  You might also try searching for "laptop tv tuner" or "external tv tuner" and see what you come up with that way. \n\nGood luck!
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do you have cable tv at your place? The tuner card should have a 75 ohm cable connector... you run one of the cables from the wall socket and connect it to the connector on the card (just like you were connecting the cable to the ohm connector on the back of a tv).\n\nstart up the tuner card application on your computer, and you set it up from there (scan for all the channels, etc).
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add a PCI/AGP graphic card that has TV out port (S-Video), or maybe RCA adapters
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You need a TV Tuner card:\n\nA TV tuner card is a computer component that allows television signals to be received by a computer. Most TV tuners also function as video capture cards, allowing them to record television programs onto a hard disk.\n\nWhile typically a PCI-bus expansion card, they can also be a USB device. Some video cards double as TV tuners, notably the ATI All-In-Wonder series. The card contains a receiver, tuner, demodulator, and a analog-to-digital converter for analog TV. Like TV sets, each version is designed for the radio frequencies and video formats used in each country. However, many TV tuners used in computers use DSP, so a firmware upgrade is often all that's necessary to change the supported video format. Many newer TV tuners have Flash memory big enough to hold the firmwares for decoding several different video formats, making it possible to use the tuner in many countries without having to flash the firmware. In addition to the frequency tuner, many include a composite video input. Many TV tuners can function as FM radios: this is because the FM radio spectrum lies between television channels 6 and 7, and the DSP can be easily programmed to decode FM.
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Yes, there have been several exploits in the past that could use an AVI video file to corrupt memory, or link to a virus that the user could unsuspectingly install.  If you use windows update and make sure to get all the security updates for windows media player, etc, you should be safe though.  Also, make sure not to install any "unsigned" codecs for video playback.
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I am currently using an ATI ALL-IN-WONDER 2006 EDITION -  RADEON 9600 256 MB TV tuner. The nice things about the all-in-wonder cards is they are high quality graphics cards with TV tuners built in. Excellent frame-rate on games and no lag on the TV. There are tuner-only cards you can get (MSI TV Anywhere, ATI TV Wonder) and I know ATI makes a USB TV Wonder, but I personally prefer to have everything in one package. I expect you would have poorer performance on a seperate PCI card or USB adapter.
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Is your computer equipped with a tv tuner card and is it hooked up?\nIf it is and you are getting errors when trying to use that part of the software then, you will need to reinstall because either the drivers or the software has been corrupted.  \nReinstalling isn't that big of a deal, just make sure to backup any files and folders you deem important, either onto discs or into a backup hard drive or even transfer them from there current location to a folder on the root of the drive (c:&#92;)\nThen when reinstalling you'll get a couple of options on the first screen, one is to do a new install or drop to the recovery console, if you have computer savy and know exactly which files you need you can use the recovery console to extract those files into your existing installation, if not select to do a new install.\nIt'll find your previous installation and ask if you want to keep your current file system, select that option and it'll only reinstall the OS and overwrite any bad or missing files.....