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Step 5Adding an HDTV tuner card (optional)
NOTE THAT THE SOFTWARE TV PLAYER DOES NOT SPAN ALL 3 SCREENS THIS IS FOR WATCHING FOOTBALL maximized on JUST ONE SCREEN, leaving the other 2 as a computer monitor.
to add HDTV capability to your computer
assuming you have used up your video card slot, this will add an HDTV tuner card to one of the several PCI card slots in your computer.
here is a whole page of 11 different TV/HDTV tuner cards for your reference.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description=HDTV+Wonder&Submit=ENE&N=0&Ntk=all&Go.x=0&Go.y=0
the one that I used was the ATI HDTV Wonder Video Card (approx $98);
once you have inserted the card into an available PCI slot and plugged in a cable/antenna cable to the appropriate HDTV slot, you can turn on your computer and it will auto detect the card. then you will need to install the drivers and software (which comes on the CD that came in the package). The CD will automatically install all of the following modules in sequence; and this is recommended as a way to get things started. but if you don't have the CD for some reason or want to check for the latest versions of the drivers the following links will take you though the installation for the ATI HDTV Wonder card that I sed (NOTE: IT WILL NOT WORK WITH OTHER CARDS). and finally I recommend you start with the CD install and then when everything is up and running and configured properly, then you use the links below to get the very very latest drivers.
HDTV Wonder (product page)
http://ati.amd.com/products/hdtvwonder/index.html
HDTV Wonder Drivers
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/hdtvwonder-xp.html
see the 2 software packages on the page, you MUST install them in this order with restarting in between the steps.
once everything is installed; start ATI's Multimedia Center and click HDTV; this launches their software player and there is a wizard which steps you through detecting available channels -- like free broadcast channels. Once the wizard is completed you will see the HDTV broadcasts on your screen. You can maximize the TV screen to ONE of the screens (this software displays only on the Windows primary display and does NOT show TV across all three screens).
to add HDTV capability to your computer
assuming you have used up your video card slot, this will add an HDTV tuner card to one of the several PCI card slots in your computer.
here is a whole page of 11 different TV/HDTV tuner cards for your reference.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description=HDTV+Wonder&Submit=ENE&N=0&Ntk=all&Go.x=0&Go.y=0
the one that I used was the ATI HDTV Wonder Video Card (approx $98);
once you have inserted the card into an available PCI slot and plugged in a cable/antenna cable to the appropriate HDTV slot, you can turn on your computer and it will auto detect the card. then you will need to install the drivers and software (which comes on the CD that came in the package). The CD will automatically install all of the following modules in sequence; and this is recommended as a way to get things started. but if you don't have the CD for some reason or want to check for the latest versions of the drivers the following links will take you though the installation for the ATI HDTV Wonder card that I sed (NOTE: IT WILL NOT WORK WITH OTHER CARDS). and finally I recommend you start with the CD install and then when everything is up and running and configured properly, then you use the links below to get the very very latest drivers.
HDTV Wonder (product page)
http://ati.amd.com/products/hdtvwonder/index.html
HDTV Wonder Drivers
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/hdtvwonder-xp.html
see the 2 software packages on the page, you MUST install them in this order with restarting in between the steps.
once everything is installed; start ATI's Multimedia Center and click HDTV; this launches their software player and there is a wizard which steps you through detecting available channels -- like free broadcast channels. Once the wizard is completed you will see the HDTV broadcasts on your screen. You can maximize the TV screen to ONE of the screens (this software displays only on the Windows primary display and does NOT show TV across all three screens).
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