What is a TV tuner Card?

A TV tuner card is a component of the computer that allows computers to receive television signals. Some TV tuners also work as video capture cards that enable them to record TV programs onto a hard disk. A TV tuner card is not much costly and will directly deliver your cable to your computer screen. With a TV tuner card, you may watch as well as record Live TV, pause or rewind Live TV, schedule recording days and browse program in advance, store your preferred shows on your PC and then burn them to a DVD or CD.

If you have more than one TV Tuner Card, you will be able to record a different show while watching a particular channel. You will also be able to record more than one show at the same time. The most common type of TV Tuner Card is the Internal TV tuner card. This type of card does not need any extra connections or cables. You can choose a HDTV TV Tuner Card for ultimate TV quality. HDTV TV Tuner Card is similar to general TV Tuner Card, but is capable of receiving good quality HDTV signals. Using a TV tuner card along with satellite might prove to be more difficult because many subscription or commercial satellite dishes utilize scramblers in order to encode their programming.