Choosing a video card/tv tuner/video capture

[peterac]

Please excuse my ignorance.

I am looking for some guidance in helping me to choose a card for the following purpose:

I would like to purchase a card that can serve as a tv tuner (to connect my cable coax and also record video, etc), and also be able to capture video from my Sony Hi8/Dig8 cam corder. There are so many cards I am so confused.

Also, if the card only has a standard 15-pin video connector, will this compromise the video. My LCD monitor is a 21" NEC which has DVI inputs.

Thanks,
Pete R.

[nwg]

Have a look at the ATI All in Wonder cards. They have a TV Tuner built in.

[NightbladeXX]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048+50001126&Subcategory=48&description=&srchInDesc=all-in-wonder&minPrice=&maxPrice=&ATTR1=&ATTR2=2010380048+50001126&ATTR3=&ATTR4=&ATTR5=&ATTR6=&ATTR7=&ATTR8=&ATTR9=&ATTR10=&ATTR11=&ATTR12=&ATTR13=&ATTR14=&ATTR15=&ATTR16=&ATTR17=&ATTR18=

heres a pile of em

nB