recommend me a TV tuner box

[neutralizer]

I'm going off to college and I don't want to lug a monitor and a huge TV, plus I don't have room for the TV. So I figured I'd bring my 22" monitor since it has dual input. Does anyone have any good recommendations for a tv tuner box (not a tv tuner card, I don't want it to go through my comp). I just wanna be able to press the second display button on my monitor and be able to switch to tv. I've looked on newegg and say a couple of ones from viewsonic, but the lower priced ones seem to only support 1024x768 @ 75Hz whereas optimal for my monitor is 1280x1024 @ 100 Hz... plus the viewsonic the remote control is like business card size that its ridiculous. Hope someone can help me find a good one (maybe from dorm experience). TIA

 

[cy7878]

do you have RCA or S-video jacks? if so, just use a VCR as your tuner.

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: cy7878
do you have RCA or S-video jacks? if so, just use a VCR as your tuner.

no the monitor has no RCA or S-video jacks. it only takes RGB.

an example of what i'm looking for

 

[neutralizer]

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[So]

Would you be willing to consider a PCI card?

 

[So]

NM, read your post more carefully.

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: So
Would you be willing to consider a PCI card?

The whole idea of utilizing the second input on my monitor is to bypass the PCI card so I can use my comp and watch TV simultaneously with just a button .

 

[So]

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: So
Would you be willing to consider a PCI card?

The whole idea of utilizing the second input on my monitor is to bypass the PCI card so I can use my comp and watch TV simultaneously with just a button .

Wouldn't that be easier with a PCI card that could put the TV in a window or fullscreen it and switch w/o taking your hand off the mouse?

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: So
Would you be willing to consider a PCI card?

The whole idea of utilizing the second input on my monitor is to bypass the PCI card so I can use my comp and watch TV simultaneously with just a button .

Wouldn't that be easier with a PCI card that could put the TV in a window or fullscreen it and switch w/o taking your hand off the mouse?

Still can switch without taking my hand off my mouse. It's called a left hand because the input switch is on the monitor.

Besides I'm out of PCI slots.