is it better to have tv out on the video card or a tv tuner card?

[BigMoe]

is it better to have tv out on the video card or a tv tuner card? i ask because the tv out on my video card went out and i need a fix.

 

[oLLie]

I thought most tv tuners don't have tv-out, only RF input, composite input, maybe s-video input, maybe FM antenna input.

 

[Peter]

Compleeeeeeeetely different stuff that. If you want to see your computer output on the TV screen, you'll need a TV-out on the graphics card. TV cards let you view TV on your computer screen.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Peter
Compleeeeeeeetely different stuff that. If you want to see your computer output on the TV screen, you'll need a TV-out on the graphics card. TV cards let you view TV on your computer screen.

Well, that's right... almost.

Professional video input and editing cards such as the Matrox RT X.100 have a video out, but it is only for previewing video edits from within a video editing application in real time. You can't actually watch any old DVD (or MPEG, or PowerPoint slideshow) on it.