USB TV Tuner

CheckCheckFold · #1 11-15-2007, 04:02 AM

Hi,
I have a nice 24 inch monitor that is hooked up to my laptop. I only play 1 or 2 tables at a time and I would love to watch TV on the rest of the monitor.

I also have a cable box from comcast(my cable company) that normally hooks up to a tv through a coaxial cable.

I am basically looking for a USB TV Tuner to hook up my cable box to my laptop so I can watch TV while playing poker on my 24inch.

Do you have any reccomendations or guides or suggestions?

Thanks,
CCF

Beavis68 · #2 11-15-2007, 11:47 AM

I know there are dongles out there, ther reviews I read said they werent great and we a little glitchy but they do work, sorry, no specific rec. Go to newegg and read the user reviews.

Josem · #3 11-15-2007, 07:25 PM

also, if you have the dell 2405 or 2407 monitor (which I suspect is likely) then you can set it to display picture-in-picture.

this'll save you the cost of a usb tv tuner if you can just plug your cable box straight into the monitor. however, the dell 24s won't take a coax cable, as it will need composite/component/etc. cable.