question about TV cards and recording to PC

ok so i was flipping through PCworld and i saw a program "Sage blah blah blah" and it said i could record programs to my pc...and it said i need a tv card

now how on earth can i do that?

what do I buy to connect my TV to my laptop?

this is my laptop
http://www.clearanceclub.com/depot/quelle_showroom.cgi?ad_ref=yahoo&sku=1953

and my tv is a pretty new sony triniton flat screen...

if you need any details let me know..

but please help me on this

 

Depending on exactly what you want to record, I'd go with something like this since you have a laptop. It connects to a USB port and accepts several kinds of connections - composite, s-video, etc. I've never used one, but my nephew used this to record his X-Box Halo battles to his computer. He also used a VCR composite video out port hooked to the device to record television programs to his computer. Worked very well.

http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSi...azzle+Video+Archiving/Dazzle+DVD+Recorder.htm

What's cool about this type of device is you don't have to install any hardware in your PC.

Here is a cheaper option, with a remote! But I don't know anything about it.

http://www.directron.com/tvusb20.html

Hope this gives you some leads.

 

dang i like that cheap one...

thanks man il look more into