Video Card

[macrymble]

On a video card, what exactly is TV support and TV tuning?

[edge345]

You can use the computer on a tv screen, from monitor to tv.

You can watch tv on the computer and have the ability to change channels 125.

You can check out....
http://mirror.ati.com/products/pc/aiw9700pro/specs.html

[macrymble]

So is there a significant picture quality decrease on the tv? I mean, what's to keep someone from just buying a tv instead of a monitor and using it all the time?

[Fuze]

TV's have terrible text legibility from computer monitors. They're essentially only good for watching movies.

[macrymble]

aah...so just plug it up when you want to watch a dvd?
how would games look?

[Furius92]

Just go look at your TV. Games would look essentially the same as television. Don't think I'm saying games will look real like people on TV. It will be a significant decrease in picture quality. The number of "lines" of projection are far fewer per inch on a TV than on a monitor. And of course, it all depends on how big the TV is, if it is an HDTV and how far it will be from your eyes.

At the same distance, a monitor, CRT or LCD, will always look better than a TV, even if it is an HDTV.