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Recommendation needed for a TV video card
Hi,
I need your recommendation for a card that will allow me to watch television on my computer. I prefer something with a good picture but inexpensive. And most important, I especially need a very sensitive card for a very weak TV signal input. Cable is not available so the only tv signal input is what can come from a short wire antenna or "rabbit ears". I'm running an MSI motherboard pentium IV with built-in video and Windows 98SE with 512m ram and dial-up internet.
Thank you for your help. Points will be split.
Steve
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I need your recommendation for a card that will allow me to watch television on my computer. I prefer something with a good picture but inexpensive. And most important, I especially need a very sensitive card for a very weak TV signal input. Cable is not available so the only tv signal input is what can come from a short wire antenna or "rabbit ears". I'm running an MSI motherboard pentium IV with built-in video and Windows 98SE with 512m ram and dial-up internet.
Thank you for your help. Points will be split.
Steve
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nickg5,
It's good to know it worked out well for you. As you can see, I made the recommendation again here :-)
It's good to know it worked out well for you. As you can see, I made the recommendation again here :-)
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Hi,
I've been checking out the links closely. It looks like the Aver will work well. I have a full size tower pc so internal card would work, but would that be better than an external box? Also I noticed some don't work with Windows 98, so I need to check each one closely. I don't have a tv here and cable is not available here, so all I can do is hook up an antenna to the card for tv signal input.
Thank you everyone for your help. I'll let you know what I decide on.
Steve
I've been checking out the links closely. It looks like the Aver will work well. I have a full size tower pc so internal card would work, but would that be better than an external box? Also I noticed some don't work with Windows 98, so I need to check each one closely. I don't have a tv here and cable is not available here, so all I can do is hook up an antenna to the card for tv signal input.
Thank you everyone for your help. I'll let you know what I decide on.
Steve
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Hi,
I would like to thank everyone for their help. Aver no longer makes a card that works with Windows 98 but they do make an external tuner box independent of the pc, just hook a monitor to it and go - but somewhat pricy.
I looked for FlyVideo, which does work with Windows 98, on eBay but only found new ones sold there. However, I did find an older Aver card that works with Windows 98 on eBay for about half the price of a new FlyVideo card. So it all worked out well. I'll make a final post and let you know how well the Aver card works.
Thank you everyone for your help.
Steve
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I would like to thank everyone for their help. Aver no longer makes a card that works with Windows 98 but they do make an external tuner box independent of the pc, just hook a monitor to it and go - but somewhat pricy.
I looked for FlyVideo, which does work with Windows 98, on eBay but only found new ones sold there. However, I did find an older Aver card that works with Windows 98 on eBay for about half the price of a new FlyVideo card. So it all worked out well. I'll make a final post and let you know how well the Aver card works.
Thank you everyone for your help.
Steve
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Steve,
Check out Huappagge WinTV, which works flawlessly with windows 98.
You should be able to find it at your local store.
Check out Huappagge WinTV, which works flawlessly with windows 98.
You should be able to find it at your local store.
you do not have cable, but you do not need it. So all you would need for the flyvideo TV card is a standard coaxial cable and run it from the back of your TV to the video card that plugs right into a pci slot on our computer.