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Re: why watch tv online if I already have cable? said by james:said by ITALIAN926:Most of the world still want high quality pictures on their TV's... not their PC's Oh, ok. Enjoy all your commercials while I enjoy high quality pictures on my second PC, which happens to have a DVI to HDMI cable that hooks directly to a 42 inch HDTV. So you just keep on watching your "reality tv" garbage... Hey- I resent that remark.... 
I will admit... I do like a couple of reality shows. I couldn't live without "No Reservations" and "Bizarre Foods" on the Travel channel, and I do like Iron Chef on the Food network and Ghost Hunters on SciFi.
But for the most part I HATE reality shows.... and lately the stations that used to show better stuff like TLC, Discovery, and History have switched to mind numbing reality tripe.
Like you I would like to set up a PC and HDTV, but really don't know much about doing this. I'd need another PC, and I'm still using my old analog tv. I still have analog cable, and I've read that analog cable on an HDTV looks pretty awful, that's why I haven't gotten a new set yet... |
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Cops
Dog the Bounty Hunter
Cheaters
Wildest Police "(insert something here)"
House Porn (HGTV)
The Kardashian enema
Lockup "RAW"
(the last two are in their order on purpose!)
And ESPN, of course, where men gourmandize their way to the Cath Lab
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said by jazzlady:lately the stations that used to show better stuff like TLC, Discovery, and History have switched to mind numbing reality tripe. Like you I would like to set up a PC and HDTV, but really don't know much about doing this. Luckily you can buy most of the shows from Discovery and TLC directly from them, or you used to be able to.
As far as doing the PC to HDTV thing, it's not that complicated, it's just expensive (unless you're patient and wait for sales). |
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said by jazzlady:Like you I would like to set up a PC and HDTV, but really don't know much about doing this. I'd need another PC, and I'm still using my old analog tv. I still have analog cable, and I've read that analog cable on an HDTV looks pretty awful, that's why I haven't gotten a new set yet... You might want to check out:
»www.mythtv.org/
If you don't mind Linux, that is. |
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said by james:said by jazzlady:lately the stations that used to show better stuff like TLC, Discovery, and History have switched to mind numbing reality tripe. Like you I would like to set up a PC and HDTV, but really don't know much about doing this. Luckily you can buy most of the shows from Discovery and TLC directly from them, or you used to be able to. As far as doing the PC to HDTV thing, it's not that complicated, it's just expensive (unless you're patient and wait for sales). I don't buy anything unless it's on sale!!! LOL
As far as buying shows- I don't want to own them. I just want to watch them.
The PC to HDTV thing now... that's a bit more complicated. I want to do this in my bedroom, where most of my tv viewing is done.
So I will need a new PC, sufficiently fast enough for the task, and an HDTV to replace my old analog set. Plus a wireless keyboard of some kind of course...
I'm seriously considering it... |
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CWCville USA | said by jazzlady:So I will need a new PC, sufficiently fast enough for the task, and an HDTV to replace my old analog set. Plus a wireless keyboard of some kind of course... I'm seriously considering it... The PC doesn't have to be fast at all, the one I'm using is only 1Ghz and has 512MB of ram, the only thing you need alot of is hard drive space to store the tv shows and a decent video card that can display higher resolutions at a decent refresh rate. |
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said by tapeloop:said by jazzlady:Like you I would like to set up a PC and HDTV, but really don't know much about doing this. I'd need another PC, and I'm still using my old analog tv. I still have analog cable, and I've read that analog cable on an HDTV looks pretty awful, that's why I haven't gotten a new set yet... You might want to check out: » www.mythtv.org/If you don't mind Linux, that is. LOL
I *like* Linux.... but only use it on my old laptop right now. I dual boot XP and Ubuntu 8.10.
I am in the market for a new system, and I would like to dual boot that as well.
Linux sucks for streaming though. I've noticed a lot of sites that use the Move media player like ABC don't work with Linux. |
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said by jazzlady:said by james:said by jazzlady:lately the stations that used to show better stuff like TLC, Discovery, and History have switched to mind numbing reality tripe. Like you I would like to set up a PC and HDTV, but really don't know much about doing this. Luckily you can buy most of the shows from Discovery and TLC directly from them, or you used to be able to. As far as doing the PC to HDTV thing, it's not that complicated, it's just expensive (unless you're patient and wait for sales). I don't buy anything unless it's on sale!!! LOL As far as buying shows- I don't want to own them. I just want to watch them. The PC to HDTV thing now... that's a bit more complicated. I want to do this in my bedroom, where most of my tv viewing is done. So I will need a new PC, sufficiently fast enough for the task, and an HDTV to replace my old analog set. Plus a wireless keyboard of some kind of course... I'm seriously considering it... Newegg newegg newegg. I just had a thought, I wonder how cheaply you can make a computer to HDTV setup for???? You can get 40 inch HDTV's for for not that much. »www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···89253161. Smaller TV and a cheap computer build and under $1000 is doable. |
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| said by Corehhi:Newegg newegg newegg. I just had a thought, I wonder how cheaply you can make a computer to HDTV setup for???? You can get 40 inch HDTV's for for not that much. » www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···89253161. Smaller TV and a cheap computer build and under $1000 is doable. LOL
Newegg RULES! ))
I get lots of stuff from the egg, much to my husbands dismay...
I am torn between buy or build though. For a cheap machine just for tv I may go with a refurbed Dell.
I got a refurbed Inspiron 530 back in April '08. It has an Intel Q6600, 4 GB's of ram, 500 GB hard drive, and an ATI Radeon 3450 video card. It was $550 including shipping. Came with XP Home, I've reformatted to XP Pro. It's a reasonably fast machine, and it's been great.
Something like this would be ideal for my bedroom, even if I would have to upgrade the video card. |
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