Adding A Radio?

Slippin Jimmy · 19-12-2005 7:46pm #1

I know this is a stupid question thats why I will ask it:rolleyes: . Would it be possible to add a radio to the case on your computer and have it powered by your computer? If so, where would I get a suitable radio?

DemonOfTheFall · 19-12-2005 8:16pm

If you get a TV tuner card can usually tune FM and AM aswell, so there'd be no need. www.thinkgeek.com sell a tape deck that'll fit in a 5.25" drive bay if that floats your boat.

gline · 20-12-2005 11:11am

DemonOfTheFall wrote:

If you get a TV tuner card can usually tune FM and AM aswell, so there'd be no need. www.thinkgeek.com sell a tape deck that'll fit in a 5.25" drive bay if that floats your boat.

thats pretty cool, id love to get 1 of them... bit pricey though

Lump · 20-12-2005 12:47pm

LOL all this techincal advance and people want a tape deck in their computer!

John

WizZard · 20-12-2005 1:04pm

gline wrote:

thats pretty cool, id love to get 1 of them... bit pricey though

So you'll spend nearly €1600 on two graphics cards but that is expensive! :eek:

youcancallmeal · 20-12-2005 1:05pm

WizZard wrote:

So you'll spend nearly €1600 on two graphics cards but that is expensive! :eek:

Thats what I was thinking

gline · 20-12-2005 1:36pm

WizZard wrote:

So you'll spend nearly €1600 on two graphics cards but that is expensive! :eek:

yeh but they arent audio tape players

DemonOfTheFall · 20-12-2005 7:22pm

Other shops sell similar PC tape decks for more like €80 as far as I know. thinkgeek are extortionate, but the only place I could think of.

gline · 20-12-2005 7:34pm

DemonOfTheFall wrote:

Other shops sell similar PC tape decks for more like €80 as far as I know. thinkgeek are extortionate, but the only place I could think of.

u dont know any off hand??

pwd · 20-12-2005 8:51pm

winfast expert tv 2000 card (not exact name) is very very good. Can get good radio and telly and record mpgs and mp3s from same. also allows you to record from tape players etc via line in with good software bundle. only about 50 euro. got mine on overclockers.co.uk. Best card you can get without its own processor (which ups the price a lot)

allows audio recordings of up to 3072 kbps

DemonOfTheFall · 20-12-2005 10:14pm

Hmmm nope. Can't seem to find them for cheap. I read about one in a review before and I think it had an RRP of around $90. Mustn't be anywhere around here selling them anywhere near that price though. Best I could find was €150 from a UK place.

pwd · 20-12-2005 10:37pm

Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Expert (Inc. Remote Control) TV Card - Retail (VE-001-LT)
Price: £27.95 (£32.84 Including VAT at 17.5%)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/TV_Cards.html

check out the reviews. I am very happy with mine. You will need a lot of processing power if you want to make decent quality mpgs is the only thing. telly and radio and software is excellent as is recorded audio

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