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Bonibelle:
Oh boy..I hope I didn't just make a huge mistake but I ordered a computer with a Wide Aspect digital flat panel display and the dual TV tuner in an attempt to please both my hubby and myself.
I wanted a more media capable computer..for movies and to burn DVD's and he wanted an LCD, plasma or what ever TV. I thought that I could kill two birds with this system...Anybody have any thoughts? Darn I hate when I act impulsively...and that is just what I did ..
Does anyone have a set up like this?  I am getting sick......
Quite honestly the only purchase that didn't get me upset was my tub!..this is making me sick!

Thanks for any help or thoughts,  Boni

wmccall:
Personally I like to keep my computing and TV separate, but every now and then I will hook my laptop up to my 50" screen just because I can.   I am enjoying taking old VHS movies and burning them onto DVD.

Bonibelle:
Bill, I wanted to also burn my old 8mm tapes to DVD's and have the ability to record DVD's from the TV. Believe it or not, I have 7 TV's in the house and my husband and I sit at the bar in the kitchen and watch football games on a 13 inch TV!  that's crazy, but that is what we do. I just thought he could go to my computer room and watch TV, burn DVds, look at movies or pictures or play games...He loves the 26 inch Plasma TV that my sister just got my brother-in-law ..I guess you are right though, and thats why I am upset...

Tman122:
I use my 17 inch laptop and a digital TV reciever through Microsoft Media when I go camping. Nice for movies when it's raining and map/GPS software to get us there and look at the surrounding area. Combined with the sprint card we have internet everywhere, except up in the woods of Northern Minnesota, but thats the way we want it!!! We also unload our camera into the laptop, record fuel usage and several other things I dare not mention here. But in your case bonnie, I woulda bought a big ole digital plasma for home. And keep the computing seperate.

Vinny:
Here's my $0.02 although I'm not a computer geek ...

Since you ordered the whole system as one, you'll be OK. I believe as technology moves forward, you need to take a "snapshot" of the time and not think about upgrading certain components in the future.

What works today may not work next year. I once bought a video accellerator card and the computer's processor couldn't handle the upgrade. The computer was about 1 1/2 years old and the video card was new technology.

I tell people who ask me just buy what they need for now or for the near future and when the time comes in a few years, buy a new computer. As long as you're not looking for the computer to do some unforseen future project or change out components such as video cards the computer will last for a while.

The only thing I think you need is a signal splitter if your computer is on a cable internet carrier, I don't think the video card is connected to the modem area.

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