# TV Tuners For Computer Recommends

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-tuners-for-computer-recommends/500273>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 19, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-tuners-for-computer-recommends/500273 "2009-06-19T04:35:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-tuners-for-computer-recommends/500273/1 "2009-06-19T04:35:09Z")

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I am going to get a TV tuner for my computer so I can use it as a DVR. I just got an external disk. I was looking at the various TV tuners. I was wondering what is better an external (USB) tuner or a internal tuner card.

I don’t have a laptop, but may get one in the next year, so I was thinking, it might be handy to be able to move the tuner, if I wanted to use the laptop as a TV as a temp device.

If you have one, what are your recommends? Do you find one type has an advantage in quality or is it just convenience?