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[Ben_]

my mate got one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...aufenundbe3-21

for christmas... however its awful on the tv, even with an antenna adapter thingy. now im thinking he could be better off with a tv card, and a normal tft monitor? can a tv card not give great reception and no need for any fancy monitor or antenna? also, could he not then afford a better quality/bigger monitor?

your views and reccomendations, please

and merry christmas!

[fredered]

expensive tv cards can give great reception. Cheap ones give less good reception, I have a £20ish compro one and have to switch between my normal tv ariel for most channels to the portable one that is stuck to the radiator at a funny angle for the tv. But in what way is it bad for the tv - poor clarity or breaking up entirely?

[Ben_]

some channels bad reception (really bad), other channels no signal at all

[ikonia]

do you have any external arial source ?

there is no substitue for a good quality antenna on the roof, check the room its in with another portable area type, no point looking at anything different if that roof is a real black spot

[Marcvs]

i have a £60 firewire one connected to an external ariael and it works great