What does a TV tuner do?

I recently decided to get a tv tuner for my computer but I am not so sure what it exactly does. I want a good one that I can connect my cable box to and watch the channels on my cable box. Is this even Possible? Also if its not what can I do to watch...

Hi, Sorry if a question like this has already been answered but if it hasn't, then here's mine; My friend bought me a brand new pre-built PC for my birthday. I was planning to dedicate this PC with just playing movies/watching things like on a regular...

Hello! Im looking to buy a tv tuner card for my pc, and do not know what to look for. I'm not looking for an hd tv recorder, just standard def. However, I do have a few questions; -Does a tv tuner card enable recording from a provider like direct tv...

I got cable in the apartment I moved into two weeks ago. I am going to get a TV eventually, but the past year just have been using an HD TV Tuner stick with an antenna to get OTA broadcast TV on my PC. I have tried several times to unsuccessfully to...

I have a big screen tv and want to be able to use it as a computer monitor. I have been looking on ebay for a video card and have run across some that say the have a tv tuner. What do these cards do? I want to put one in my desktop. Does this mean I...

I'm looking for a good tv tuner $80-$100 and under that can accept analog and digital cable without showing a blurry picture. I have a HP pavilion zd7310us laptop, with a screen resolution of 1680x1050. It's 17" widescreen. I'm not sure if my laptop...

i have a vista home premium 32 bit on my pc that has a avertv super 007 analog pci tv tuner card that works perfectly on my pc. now i change my vista os on my pc to ubuntu 10.10 for the first time and i don't know how to make my tv tuner work. can please...

I use emode to watch dvd's on my computer and notice that the software has a feature for watching tv. When I click on it, I get a message saying "No tv tuner installed." What exactly is a tv tuner or what is needed to view tv from the channel...

Recently I have purchased a new laptop HP Pavilion.I want to know how to get connected to TV by condsidering buying a TV tuner (may be USB). 1. Do I need aerial?Because I think my house does not have one. 2. Do I have to pay for TV licence? Please tell...