how can i watch and record tv in my laptop?
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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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Try to find a a TV tuner card that would be compatible with a laptop. There are many available for desktops, but there might be a way to convert one so it can be used on a laptop.
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you can use a tuner box. its an external device that you hook up onto your laptop via USB port and it has connections for your cable tv, antenna, vcr, etc. \n\ncheck this out.\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815312001
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ya u can use ur computer as TV and  ...\ncomputer TV tuner are there in market ,a hardware to that will enable your computer to TV.\nhttp://www.pcworld.com/article/id,118799-page,1/article.html\n\nfor DVR PC\nhttp://www.pcworld.com/article/id,122451-page,1-c,videocapturetvtuner/article.html#\n\nfor Tivo PC\nhttp://www.pcworld.com/article/id,122449-page,1-c,homemediacenter/article.html\n\ntwo ways of doing this,one fixing a internal hardware and second external hardware that can be connected through USB.\nbut for that u need to pay cable fee.\n\nelse you can go with DTH(direct-to-home) connection which needs initial payment and your preferred DTH provider who has most of the channel that u want to watch.
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First your TV must have A/V (audio video) input.  The red and white  plugs are normally used for the audio.\nIf your computer has an audio out/speaker out with this type of \nplug  then simply connect the two and set the TV to the A/V input\nThe computer's audio will play on the TV. \n\nIf your TV only has an antenna input then you will need some type of conveter an old VRC works great.  Hook up the wires from the computer to the audio input of the VCR and take the antenna out to the TV. (You will need an RF cable - one probably came with the VCR)   Set the TV on the VCR's output channel normally 3 or 4 and the VCR's input to A/V.
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You have to have a television with an audio out that will connect to the line in of your computer. If you have the audio of the your television running through your stereo reciever like I do, then you can take the audio out from the receiver. The sound recorder application that comes with Windows may not record as long as you need it to, however. Fortunately, ]there are many freeware and shareware programs out there to address this situation.\n\nThomas\nwww.yourhomestudio.com\n\n\nFree Home Studio Newsletter - addme@yourhomestudio.com
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At the back of your laptop you will see the S-connector. You need a cable called s-connector cable. You connect that from you laptop to your TV. Then go to your desktop. Right click anywhere on your desktop. Go to properties, then settings, advance, monitor tab, click dual monitor. On your TV put it on video or dvd mode. You should be able to watch movie on your TV coming from your laptop.
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You can get a card for your computer that has an adapter that you can put the cable line on.  The adapter should come with the software that you will need to watch cable tv on your computer.  The cable line can be ran through a vcr and then to the adapter and that way you can either watch tapes or straight from the cable.
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U have two chipest option to record only Audio from ur TV\n\n1.  Simply use a good quality MIC to record voice from TV. But it will also record disturbance around it.\n\n2. Simply use a parallel cable, which have same connector on both side, and have shape of connector just like PC speaker output connector. It is easily available in the market at just      Rs. 10/- cost. Or u may already have simply check ur speaker cable connected to the PC. If it have same connector on both side then it will work.\n\nProcedure :\nSimply incert one connector in the Audio in Jack of ur PC motherboard, and the other in the Audio out Jack of ur TV.\nAnd start recording by using any audio recording software.\n\nur TV should have an Audio output Jack in the front or rear of cabinet.
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All you have to do is download TVU player onto your laptop, and you can watch live tv on it for free anywhere in the world. TVU player is the best streamer on the net. Lot's and lots of the best channels around in great quality!!!
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USB 2.0 Video Capture Adapter\n \nhttp://sewelldirect.com/USBVideoCaptureAdapter.asp
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WINDVR by InterVideo \n\nWinDVR gives you high-quality digital recordings of your favorite shows plus the ability to pause, instant replay, and skip commercials on Live TV. Just combine it with a TV tuner (PCI, AGP, or USB) for advanced TV features without the monthly fees! Integrated Internet-based Electronic Program Guide (EPG) by TitanTV lets you easily find your favorite shows, then schedule them for recording or viewing. Realtime software MPEG-2 encoding (the same compact format used for DVDs) delivers cinema quality video with modest hard disc requirements. Digital video camcorder support - capture video from a DV camcorder via IEEE 1394 support. These files can be captured as AVI or MPEG files, and DV AVI files can be converted back to DV tape for archiving. File conversion - convert your video files between MPEG, VCD, SVCD, DVD, and DV files. Combined with WinDVR's authoring and burning functions, you can create personal VCDs, SVCDs, and DVDs that can be shared with friends and family.
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Go to best buy and buy a tv tuner card... they'll install it and everything. Should be anywhere from 20-300 dollars, depending on what quality you go with. They'll be able to help you pick the right one, and you will still have the same old computer, only it'll be a DVR too!
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if it has the inpuit, then it should have the neccessary softwares for that. a usually laptop have s-video out, until you have a TV-turner or something
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Hunh?\n\nThe best way to hook your TV to a computer is with a TV Card (usually PCI, but PCIe and AGP are available.)  There are USB setups available also.  Some video cards include a TV out, also.\n\nYou will also need a TV tuner program, if you hook the cable in.
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Add a video capture card to your computer.  Or you can pay someone to do it.
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Assuming your laptop doesn't have a VGA port on the back of it, there are PCMCIA video cards you can try one is the VTBook, http://sewelldirect.com/vtbookpcmciacard.asp?source=froogle but I would be surprised if your laptop did not have a VGA port on it somewhere.