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by vrosey

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I am going to college and do not want to carry my computer and my tv. Is there a way I can use my computer to watch tv, a vcr, and play my playstation game on. I have a 3.0 gzh computer with a ati radeon 9800 pro 128 mb graphics card and a good sound system on it.

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by thechas

Does your ATI card have a TV in jack?

If so, then hook the VCR up to the TV in, and use the tuner in the VCR for selecting channels.

Same for the Play Station, you can connect it directly to a TV in jack if your video card has one.

Otherwise, you will need to add a TV tuner card to your PC.

Chas

by deadly ernest

Two further options if your graphics card does not have a TV in port. BTW some systems require extra software and if your graphics card is tv capable it will have had such software bundled with it.

1. Check if your tv accepts digital input and will act as your monitor, this was all the rage with the manufacturers at one point and many tvs can do this.

2. Buy a tv tuner card, about the same price as a low end graphics card, install in your pc and plug tv and play station into it. Dont forget to load the bundled software that comes with it, otherwise viewing could be difficult.

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