 james
join:2001-02-26
CWCville USA | reply to jazzlady
Re: why watch tv online if I already have cable? 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 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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james
join:2001-02-26
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 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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