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by hakfoo 1546 days ago
I was always fond of TV tuner cards for the PC, sort of inverting the experience. Got my first one in 1999, thinking I'd attend an out-of-town university, and having one less picture tube around would save dorm space. (Ended up commuting to local school, effort was moot).

The appeal from that side wasn't "here's PC video on your 27" big-screen TV", it was "here's a 4-inch video window on your 17" monitor, so you can consume video content while doing other stuff."