Where's a good place to buy a tv tuner? and how much money do they usually cost?

Question

i heard from my friend that a way you can get clips from your tv to your computer is through a tv tuner. I wanna get one, but I don't where to start, by that, I don't know where to buy it and I don't know how much it costs. please help.

Answer 1

USB Tuners

Circuit City, Best Buy, and many other such stores or their web sites.

Yahoo Shopping:

http://shopping.yahoo.com/search?p=%22US...

But I do not think highly of USB tuners unless you have a really fast computer with USB 2.0 ports that exceeds the requirements of the tuner.

Answer 2

Well, if you have a laptop, one that fits in your pc slot is perfect. You just put it in, plug it, and watch. But I use my computers window XP Media. If you are a pc, then a external tv tuner is the way to go. I suggese using cords, via Firewire, seems to work for me. But if you are a USB 2.0 kinda guy, then you can go that way too. I bought mine from ebay for my laptop. Around $45, but it came from HP, so I thought it was a good buy.

Answer 3

Google Hauppauge-they make a variety of good tuners. Pick one out based on the kind of source you'll be working with. If you have a Windows Media Center computer, make sure you get the MCE version. Not all tuners are MCE compatible.

Answer 4

I would prefer buying them directly from Amazon Website. These are the best ones ...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000J1C...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MGG...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007LB...

I have the second one and its rocking my world :)

Good luck in your search.