Do you need a TV tuner t get TV with Windows XP Media Center?
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yes - either an external USB tuner, or an internal PCI tuner - OR a PCMCIA TV tuner for a laptop - or some AGP video cards in desktops have TV tuners built in - either way - you need the hardware to view video signals on your PC
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use a good tv tuner and connect pc with dth
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Not currently; you can check the Windows market place for newly released Media Center applications \n\nhttp://www.windowsmarketplace.com/Content.aspx?ctId=153
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You need to have a TV tuner card or USB TV tuner in your computer.  Hauppage.com
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Yes... Windows Media Player..  comes with the puter..\nE
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There are several good tuner solutions on the market today, but I haven't personally used any that are external and use USB. \n\nI think plextor makes a good USB SD solution:\nhttp://www.plextor.com/english/products/product_dvc.html\n\nHauppauge also makes a USB SD solution:\nhttp://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvrusb2.html\n\nThe only HDTV capable capture cards on the market do *not* support windows. But, they work great in linux and are extremely well supported by the mythtv (PVR) project & community.\n\nThe HD capture cards are made by the pcHDTV company.  \nhttp://www.pchdtv.com/ \nthe pcHDTV™ HD-3000 is thier latest & greatest.\n\nAs far as windows goes, the best cards are made by the hauppauge company.\nhttp://www.hauppauge.com/\nThey have several cards that you might look at (if you can add a PCI card instead of USB device).  I personally recommend the WinTV-PVR-350 as a first card.  It comes with a remote and uses hardware on the card to do the encoding (saves CPU bandwidth) and if you choose to use it for video out, it also has a hardware encoder.\n\n\nCheck out these links for an open source PVR project:\n\nhttp://www.mythtv.org/\nhttp://www.mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html\n\nWell, I hope that helps.
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If you're running Windows XP already, you shouldn't have any problems with the actual installation of Windows XP Media Center.\n\nWindows XP Media Center is not currently available in a retail box package.  Consequently, you'll have to buy it either online or from a local reseller in an OEM package.  What that means is that you won't get support directly from Microsoft (no big deal, as their support usually doesn't help much anyway), and you won't be able to upgrade your current installation. (with one possible exception, but i'll get there in a second.)\n\nSo make sure you backup all your important data, as the Media Center installation will want to wipe out your current installation.  As a matter of fact, that's probably the best way to go about it.\n\nNow, for that exception.  Since Windows XP Media Center Edition is basically Windows XP Professional Edition with all the media trimmings added on, you MAY be able to not lose your current installation, but that's ONLY if you are currently running Windows XP Professional Edition.  This would entail an in-place repair installation of Windows using the new Media Center media.  If you have Pro on your PC right now, the first link below will help you with that.\n\nAgain to note, i'm not completely sure that will work, but in theory it should.\n\nMy recommendation, though, would be to do a fresh brand-new install of MCE.\n\nKeep in mind that Windows Vista is due out soon, also.  The Home Premium edition of Vista will have all the Media Center functionality and all the cool features of Vista, too.  Since you're only looking at another two months, you may want to wait until it's released.\n\nCheck the Upgrade Advisor at Microsoft to see if your machine can run Vista.  I've put the link down below also.
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its actually very simple.. and will cost you about 60+ dollars. what you need is a tv tuner card and you want to make sure it is pcmcia card. you can buy it off of newegg.com or tigerdirect.com
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You need to get a tv tuner card, these are pretty easy to get as they are avaliable on amazon, ebay and other places and can often be bought very cheaply.
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U Have got Two methods to accomplish it.\nThe First One is to buy a TV Tuner Card and insert into a Slot on ur Comp Moother Board.\nConnect Cable To it.\nInstall necesssary Software for it.\nAdvantage is that u can capture the Video/Audio, can switch from Comp to TV or Vice -versa.\n\nDisadvantage is Power Consuming bcoz, Whole system even Key Board, Mouse, Monitor, CPU everyting shud be functional.\n\nThe Second one is to buy a External Device which is available in Market. Connect it to Only Monitor.\nNo need of Installation of Software.\nEnjoy viewing TV with the Help of Remote Control also.\n\nAdvanatge is Power Consumption is Less.\nDisadvantage is NO CAPTURING.
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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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It is a little bit more complicated.  You will also need a TV tuner card to receive TV programs.  You can purchase a computer which already has one installed or you can just purchase the tuner card and install it yourself.  The tuner card usually comes with its own software.  Please read the following article from PC World Magazine for information and step-by-step instructions on how to use the TV tuner card.  In addition, the author also give recommendations on which TV tuner card to buy.\n\n"Turn Your PC Into a TV: Here's everything you need to transform your desktop or notebook PC into a TV." -- written by Michael Desmond, PC World Magazine. (http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,115627/printable.html)
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TV software won't work without a TV tuner.
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Tv tuner cards doesn't require a lot of resources from your pc, so you could get away with a meagre system. But why would you wanna do that? ;-)
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Sure you upgrade to Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004.  Media Center Edition 2004 is an upgrade of the version of Windows XP Home introduced in July 2002
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All agree that you need a TV tuner card.  I have a 'Hauppage Win TV' card which is quite good and easy to install into a PCI slot.  Don't forget the coaxial cable and TV connection.  Just follow the installation instructions.  You can do it..
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A TV tuner card, will allow you to watch TV on your computer.