Home Made LCD-TV Tv Tuner Box

the-ging

Hi All
Right my tv died last weekend, and I want to get a new tv yoke in my room.

But I was thinking about getting an LCD monitor and a Tv Tuner Box, instead of a LCD TV, so I can use it as a monitor aswell.

Have any of you got a setup like this at home?

Was looking at this on ebay, it look any good? OR any recomidations for one?

http://cgi.ebay.ie/NEWEST-External-TV-Tuner-Box-For-LCD-CRT-Monitor-5821_W0QQitemZ230085673103QQihZ013QQcategoryZ3761QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

stapeler

I bought a similiar one from Ebay(China) a few weeks ago. Tried it for a while and it's okay but not as good as expected. Can't seem to tune in Sky box through analogue. I haven't tries s-video yet. The response time is also very slow between changing channels.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/New-External-TV-Tuner-Box-For-LCD-TFT-CRT-1280-x-1024_W0QQitemZ230086675990QQihZ013QQcategoryZ3761QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

gar32

There is a TV tuner in any video recorder that you have or buy. Put TV signal into video & then scart or phone into LCD. Recordable DVD may have turner depending on make. Hope this helps.

Ghost Train

gar32 wrote:

There is a TV tuner in any video recorder that you have or buy. Put TV signal into video & then scart or phone into LCD. Recordable DVD may have turner depending on make. Hope this helps.

most lcd monitors only have a vga or dvi connection and cant be hooked up to vcr or dvd, thus the need for a vga tuner box

Wudyaquit

Hi All,
Was thinking about getting a Hitachi UT42MX70 42" Ultra Thin LCD screen 1080p HD Ready monitor.
Not sure what the consensus was on this thread, but would it be worth buying this for £500 sterling and getting a tuner separately? Any suggestions on a good tuner? Or would it all be a load of hassle for someone fairly technologically illiterate?
Cheers,

fdevine

Would this be any good? Analogue only though.

http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfull.asp?productcode=ECE1320638&productID=S4221575