- Placed desktop TV tower in the entertainment console under the TV screen and hooked the TV up to the computer tower using the same cord that normally hooked up to the Computer monitor. Can you tell I have no techno lingo.
- Obtain a TV tuner box (around $35) and hook it up to the computer tower and an antenna. Some tuner boxes come with a small antenna, but I hooked it up to the cable plug in the wall and hooked the other end of the cable cord to a large antenna in my attic :)
- The TV tuner card allows you to watch TV (with some HDTV channels) on your TV through your computer. They also allow you to record, fast forward, rewind TV, and schedule recording of programs.
- Additionally, with the computer as your TV you can get a basic Netflix package and watch the "watch instantly" movies, watch Hulu movies, You Tube, or even surf the web.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Cancel Cable and use Your Computer- Tunner Box, Netflix, and Hulu
We just recently did this at home and saved a BUNCH on expensive cable costs. This is what we did:
