TV/FM/Radio PC Card.

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Hi,
I just read a post where several such cards were recommended. But they
were the do-alls, except brew coffee. But I only need the BARE
minimum..I don't need to copy, record, MP3, etc, etc....or anything
like that. I simply want to use my PC as a TV and AM/FM radio. It's not
the extra expense, it's just that I'm not interested in doing anything
else, but watching TV and listening to radio. I don't need extras such
as mikes, or remotes, etc

Please can some recommend a good brand of a PCI card that would do the
trick?

ThanX Very Much!!
Mike
Picture Rocks, AZ

 

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To view the tv as a monitor,most cards have that via s-link cable,to view tv
on
the pc,you'll need a video-in socket on the card.ATI makes such a pci
card,it runs
about 50.00,you can also get thier all in wonder card,which works for video
in
plus as a display adapter for computers monitor,plus has 128mb of
memory.Those
sell for about 150.00,wal-mart even carries them.As for FM/Radio,that
should be
obtainable thru youre existing ports on the computers sound
card,line-in,you'll need some 1/8 inch adapters to hook up from a tuner or
reciever,or listen to
the radio thru Windows Media Player.

"axipolti@yahoo.com" wrote:

> Hi,
> I just read a post where several such cards were recommended. But they
> were the do-alls, except brew coffee. But I only need the BARE
> minimum..I don't need to copy, record, MP3, etc, etc....or anything
> like that. I simply want to use my PC as a TV and AM/FM radio. It's not
> the extra expense, it's just that I'm not interested in doing anything
> else, but watching TV and listening to radio. I don't need extras such
> as mikes, or remotes, etc
>
> Please can some recommend a good brand of a PCI card that would do the
> trick?
>
> ThanX Very Much!!
> Mike
> Picture Rocks, AZ
>
>

 

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i know where to get the pc cards you want.

i'm sorry but all of these cards are PCMCIA cards (laptop cards)

here is a link to a tv tuner card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814100015

i'm sorry but i could not find a am/fm radio card.

here is an adapter to use the laptop cards with a desktop.
http://www.addonics.com/products/host_controller/adpcicb2.asp



<axipolti@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1121528263.311611.225240@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
> I just read a post where several such cards were recommended. But they
> were the do-alls, except brew coffee. But I only need the BARE
> minimum..I don't need to copy, record, MP3, etc, etc....or anything
> like that. I simply want to use my PC as a TV and AM/FM radio. It's not
> the extra expense, it's just that I'm not interested in doing anything
> else, but watching TV and listening to radio. I don't need extras such
> as mikes, or remotes, etc
>
> Please can some recommend a good brand of a PCI card that would do the
> trick?
>
> ThanX Very Much!!
> Mike
> Picture Rocks, AZ
>

 

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No...I want to view the MONITOR as a TV!

ThanX!

 

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I recommend the Hauppauge WinTV-Go-FM.

It's a dirt-cheap PCI card with an analogue TV tuner and FM radio.

Seems to meet your requirements exactly.

Staiger