tv tuner with inputs to play consoles

[mrwxyz]

I am looking for a good tvtuner card with inputs so that i can play my consoles on my moniter (need the red/yellow/white inputs). Anyone know a card that has this? I dont really care about the card acting like tivo to record shows and pause live tv stuff, my hdd isnt big enough for that. I only want to watch tv, record an occasional show, and play my consoles on my moniter.

thanks

 

[TSDible]

Any TV card with the "Yellow" video in should work. Then, go down to a the shack and get a cable that will convert the Red and White RCA sound connection to a 1/8" male stereo jack. That can be used in conjunction with the line-in of your sound card. Depending on your sound card, you may also want to get a stereo headphone Y connector. That way, you can hook up both the TV card sound out and the Gaming sound out into your sound card without having to switch the cables all the time.

 

[Peter]

Right. Sound will not go to the TV card, that goes straight into your computer's sound card or onboard sound, into the Line-In jack to be exact.

Any TV card will give you at least a Composite Video input, the better ones have an SVideo input too.

I'm playing my consoles through such a PCI TV card all the time, works a treat. As with TV viewing itself, don't be disappointed about how low resolution the image actually is. On the usual blurry lowres TV tubes, no one notices, but on a good sharp computer monitor, it's rather obvious.

 

[mrwxyz]

thanks guys...didnt think about the sound card thing, makes sense now that i know though