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Thread ID: 75538 2007-01-02 03:59:00 TV Tuner Card Tribomb (5547) Press F1
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512069 2007-01-02 03:59:00 Hi

In device manager I've got "nVidia WDM TVTuner" listed. Does this mean I have a TV Tuner card? If so, how am I able to watch TV on my PC?

Thanks
Mike
Tribomb (5547)
512070 2007-01-02 04:40:00 Chances are your video card supports video in, meaning it can capture video outputted from a TV, VCR, DVD, Video Camera etc, but its not capable of interpreting a VHF/UHF signal, thus would need a TV/VCR to "tune" the signal and then output to the PC.

There are very very few nVidia graphics cards that have integrated TV Tuners.
Pete O'Neil (6584)
512071 2007-01-02 07:40:00 Certain things like my AGP Ti4200 have ViVo... never used it though, but I believe nVidia have never actually "tuned" TV, as mentioned :) Chilling_Silence (9)
512072 2007-01-02 09:04:00 My nVidia card has ViVo and shows a "nVidia WDM TVTuner", but it just signifies "TV in" as in video capture capability.

It does not signify a TV tuner is included.
hagrid (1972)
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