TV tuner card

Intro

A TV tuner card allows a computer how have the functionality of a TV set , receiving TNT programs and / or

radio.

Optional features: listen to radio, recording, portability.

Choosing your TV tuner card

Receiving any television channel on your computer, looking for somnething within your financial reach,portabilty, size,resolutions, here are some of the aspects you need to consider before buying your tuner card.

Technical Aspects

Type of reception/decoding

To receive both analogue television and digital television, and hybrid card should fit .
The hybrid cards are more expensive but offer digital quality facilitates your recordings and your viewings.

Some TV tuner cards can also receive FM radio and digital radio.

Size and portability

The smallest version is the PCMCIA tuner, ideal for use on laptop. A PCI format, are larger in size an will be ideal for decktop PC

Another altenative is the USB tuner(which is slowly repacing PCMIA formats)

Antenna and resolution

The quality of the antenna plays on the portability because it optimizes the reception depending on the area

where you are and as for the resolution it remains the same from one TV tuner card to another.

Registration

The ability to record TV programs is quite interesting and useful. The recording quality and type of compression /recording also vary depending on the model (MPEG-1 and 2, DivX, directly on DVD). Some offer the possibility of acquiring video.

Compatibility

Be sure to be compatible with your hardware while most models are designed for maximum compatibility.
If your PC is not powerful enough, you will see the difference when recording images.