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TV tunner card

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/tv-tunner-card.143874/

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dhanesh.koshti Original post #1
Jul 16, 2011 at 10:50 PM
I am planning to buy Samsung S20A300N LED backlit monitor.
Which TV tuner(External) card will be suitable for this monitor?
Kindly help.
aswin1
aswin1 #2
Jul 18, 2011 at 9:43 PM
Why don't you buy a samsung monitor with built in TV tuner like Samsung P2370MS TV Monitor.
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Jul 25, 2011 at 5:51 PM
Thanks for your suggestion.
Actually when I had gone to purchase the same salesmen had given me same suggestion and finally I have bought the SAMSUNG 22" LCD TV which can be run as a monitor also.
But now my problem is that in my pc there is no HDMI/DVI ports and picture quality with VGA port is inferior compared to my earlier CRT monitor.
My computer configuration is as below:
INTEL(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU
E2180 @ 2 GHz
1GB RAM
Mother Board : ASUS P5KPL-VM/S ACPI
I want to know that which graphic card will be compatible with this configuration?
Also what will be cheap solution (1) Only procuring a graphic card or (2) Replacement of complete motherboard ????
Kindly help me in this regards.
saswat23
Jul 25, 2011 at 9:42 PM
For TV Tuners look for AverMedia ones. They usually cost around 1.5k. Else you can also go for Zberonics, Beetel or Yes. All of these cost around 1.3k. I have a zeb. External TV Tuner which costed me 1.1k. I am quite happy with it.

Sorry, i thought you are asking for a TV Tuner.

For GPU, go for HD 6670 DDR5 at 5.2k or HD 5670 512MB DDR5 at 4.2k.

Upgrading the CPU along with mobo and RAM will be a better decision here.
KDroid
KDroid #5
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:12 PM
I have Samsung Syncmaster T220 & I use Techcom SSD TV723 with it! (VGA Cable + Airtel Digital TV Connection) It works totally fine!! :)

Btw, shouldn't the title bhi TV Tuner Card :p