[aeronca]

I have an ATI TV/Cable tuner card installed in my CPU...then a RCA cable connects from my cable box to the ATI card and I can freep and watch TV on my PC screen. I can size the TV picture window to any size, capture video from it, or capture still shots. I can save the captures in may file formats. I have a large, flat screen monitor and when I full screen, it is much better reso than a regular TV. We watch more news on my PC than on the TV set.
ATI is only one brand and not the best--not to expensive. Check Best Buy or Circuit City.

[David1]

Wow, thanks a great deal for explaining to me how it works. It sounds cool. I hope to be able to do this very soon. Again, thanks. :-)

[TomB]

ATI is only one brand and not the best--not to expensive.

YIKES!! Bite your tongue.

ATI has dethroned NVIDIA as the best video card maker and their latest and best rated, the ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 PRO, is VERY expensive.

But the best part is that ATI has an entire range of cards with TV tuners, for all price ranges. I just got the ALL-IN-WONDER 8500DV for under $200 and recommend it highly. It even comes with a remote control (like I need another one of those).

If you are looking for a new card, you should look at one with a TV tuner, it is really convenitent.