Please recommend a sound card for TV hoo

I want to connect left & right channel outputs to a TV and have my desktop audio standard setup. Can anyone recommend a card for me?

Well if I understand you correctly you want to be able to hear your TV through your computer speakers...
if so: Soundblaster Li've 5. or Soundblaster 24bit (which I think is being replaced by Audigy SE for the same great price).
These 2 cards worked perfectly for me as far as doing something simple as that. Other than those anything with at least a LINE IN function should do the job nicely if your under a budget.
IF YOU WISH TO HEAR YOUR COMPUTER THROUGH YOUR TV SPEAKERS. (Which I think is kinda unusual but hey its possible.)
Then really any soundcard will work just fine IMO. You just need to have a LINE IN/AUX (with stereo) capability built on your TV. They are usually RCA plugs that are red and white. The only accessorie that you would need to buy is a
MALE stereo headphone jack and 2 female stereo RCA Plugs known as a Y connector (it is now commonly seen as a IPOD accessorie one end plugs in the headphone inputs and the other goes on the AUX of a stereo). From my experience the 7-0 dollar version works just as good as the 20 dollar version that you might find.Message Edited by djbonus on 05-8-2006 0:22 PM

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