Putting the TV on the PC

[roguerower]

I currently have the PC in my sig, and a 26" Olevia LCD TV. I'm thinking about selling the TV and using the money to buy a 360 Arcade and the 20gb hdd upgrade and then buying a TV Tuner for my PC. I have 2 19" LCDs for my PC, both with DVI & VGA ports so the interfacing wouldn't be a problem, and the screen res is nice at 1680x1050.

Would this work:

Sell:
26" Olevia LCD TV

Buy:
Xbox 360 Arcade
20GB 360 HDD
TV Tuner

In the end it should come out as not costing me anything. With that in mind, can anyone recommend me a decent TV Tuner?

And yes, I double posted in General Hardware, but it's been there for a day and I've gotten nothing.

 

[newnameman]

What kind of TV signal do you want to tune, i.e. analog OTA, digital OTA, analog cable, ClearQAM?

 

[roguerower]

I have no idea what signal my school provides...from what I understand it's a satellite feed that is spread throughout the campus. What would that be?

 

[zzuupp]

Do you hook your TV directly to the campus cable? Or do they provide you some sort of cable box?

 

[RKS]

Without some sort of cable box / cable card, I don't think you can get HD on your monitor unless you can get OTA signals. I guess Popcorn Hour will allow you to get some HD channels that the cable feed may have available.

 

[palehorse]

I would go with an HD tuner card and an over-the-air (OTA) antenna to get a few free HD channels...

Like these:

TUNER(S): Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800 HD tuner (internal PCIe 1X) = $95.00
or Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1950 Hybrid Video Recorder (External USB 2.0) - Retail = $131.99

HD OTA ANTENNA: Philips PHDTV1 Silver Sensor UHF/HDTV Digital Indoor TV Antenna = $24.99

With those tuners, you could probably hook your cable up to too and pick up a few analog channels from your dorm's cable system...