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    What TV tuner should i get?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cleverpseudonym, Aug 2, 2010.

  1. cleverpseudonym

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    im building a custom HTPC for my bedroom, and i want to put a tv tuner in the pc, which one should i get and why? thanks
     
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    no advise at all!?
     
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    You're building a custom HTPC laptop?
     
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    noi use my m17x for the moment bu t i get tired of moving it around when i go from the bedroom to the Den, so i am building a tiny little mini itx HTPC for the bedroom. i got a nice little gigabyte MB the supports LGA1156 cpus an i3 cpu for like $75, it has on board graphics with the i3 cpu so im gonna use the PCIe slot for a tv tuner,im pretty noob on tv tuners so im looking for some advice.
     
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    Ah, ok. Sounds like a cool project. Sorry I can't be of any help with the tuner. The only one I've ever used is a usb stick tuner, not PCIe.
     
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    go with happauge or blackmagic. their around 100-200. some are external some aren't but they work great in HD if your trying to go that way.

    are you trying to hook up your tv or stream. i didn't read that in your thread or totally missed it
     
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    im not really sure, im not up on what they do and i haven't had time to really research it, i was under the impression that they received signals or i could hook up my cable to it. i prefer and Hd signal. so how do they work?
     
    cleverpseudonym, Aug 3, 2010
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