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What is a TV Tuner Card?

A TV tuner card is a kind of television tuner that allows television signals to be received by a computer. Most TV tuners also function as video capture cards, allowing them to record television programs onto a hard disk much like the digital video recorder (DVR) does.

The interfaces for TV tuner cards are most commonly either PCI bus expansion card or the newer PCI Express (PCIe) bus for many modern cards, but some USB interface tuner cards are specially designed for laptop, which also works fine. (continue reading…)

The most important feature in Windows Media Center is the ability to watch live TV. Not all Windows Vista PCs can do this though – your computer must have a TV tuner card, access to a television signal. TBS6981 is a PCIe DVB-S2 Dual tuner TV card ,which support Windows XP , Windows Vista and Window2000… Now , here is a a tutorial on how to Watch TV channels on Vista . (continue reading…)

If you watch satellite channels with multiple dishes or has a motor, if you want to find and lock new channels without having to use the internet, TBS6921 PCI-E TV Tuner card, which supports blind scan and watching satellite tv, will be your first choice. It is a PC satellite tuner card for locking and watching FTA satellite channels easily and quickly on your computer. Here is a quick installation guide of TBS6921 card.

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The internet technology has indeed evolved and had reached advancement that now enables you to watch satellite TV on your Pc. This enables you to use your computer as a resource in viewing your preferred programs and exhibits having a Pc satellite TV. There are in reality several methods on how you are able to make this technologies work for you personally. (continue reading…)

The TBS 6981 is a PCI Express compatible dual TV tuner card capable of receiving DVB S2/S HD/SD TV, Clear QAM and FM signals. Most TV tuner cards with this model number come packaged with a remote control, and some come packaged with an iR receiver and low profile bracket which adds extra A/V ports to your computer. Also packaged with this computer tv tuner card is TBS’s own software, including the driver and user manual. Now here is a tutorial on how to hook up TBS 6981 PCI express card to a desktop.

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A TV Tuner Card allows your computer to receive television signals so you can watch them on TV screen software (eg: DVBDream, ProgDVB, AltDVB, Skynet, Skygrabber,TSreade…). If you have satellite TV service, you can watch satellite TV on computer with a TV Tuner Card. A Tuner Card can be installed internally or externally, but it will still come with video ports that you can connect your satellite receiver to.

Watching satellite TV on your computer is simply a matter of installing the satellite TV card and connecting a receiver box to it. And the picture quality depends on the signal receiving from the TV Tuner Card. (continue reading…)

What is DVB Dream

DVB Dream is DVB player with many nice and unique features; it supports standards DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C, and DVB-T. This program is an easy, simple, yet powerful and user-friendly DVB-Viewer application with various tools and options that make user’s life easier. DVB Dream allows you to see digital satellite TV for PC. In the main window you can see at the center the video window. At the left is the channel list. At the bottom is the channel information about the channel you are watching (level and signal quality, frequency, etc.), volume and mute controls. At the top are some buttons you can open a file recorded, change channels (back and forward), use full screen mode, TV window mode (to watch a channel while working with other applications), open preferences, video settings, record video, use render-less mode, open the scheduler, and electronic program guide. The channel list helps you to see what channels are available, free to air (blue colored), if it is a data channel (green colored), etc. (continue reading…)