TV tuners are not good for laptops. TV tuners were not built to be used on laptops and could potentially harm the device.
They cannot be said to be either "good" or "bad" in any harmful/beneficial sense. A tuner designed for a laptop would obviously be designed not to damage a laptop, thus they cannot be "bad." They provide no performance benefit for a laptop, so they aren't "good" for laptops. They simply do exactly what they are supposed to do - allow a person to watch television on their computer.
meaning of t.v tuner
No laptops have built-in HDMI inputs. The HDMI connector on most good laptops is an output, to allow you to connect to a external monitor, projector or TV screen.
with a computer you would use a tv tuner card or a usb tv tuner.
All televisions have a "tuner" in them. Otherwise, they would be monitors. You can tell if your television has a tuner by seeing if it has a channel up/down button or a knob on the front.
A USB TV tuner is a TV tuner card that connects to a computer via the USB port. First you need to connect the tuner, then connect satellite or antenna to the tuner. Usually you need install the driver on your computer. After those you can scan channels on your computer. http://www.pctvshop.com/dvbs2-usb-tv-tuner-qbox-iii-p-31.html
Vizio VA19L has a digital tuner in it.
A TV Tuner Card allows your computer to receive television signals so you can watch TV on your PC. If you have satellite TV service, you can watch satellite TV on computer with a TV Tuner Card. A Tuner Card can be installed internally or externally, but it will still come with video ports that you can connect your satellite receiver to.
No, it doesn't. If a TV does have a Digital Tuner then it will say so in the menu.
No, the dual tuner is to make the Picture in a Picture function work.
i have a 42 in monitor with hdmi but no coax cable or tv tuner card can i get a converter box or cord or can i instal or get a box with a tv tuner card
Someone uses an external TV tuner, by changing the frequency of the tuner, via manually or digitally, to receive the incoming radio waves most efficiently.