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Old April 17th, 2005, 10:41 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
Jon11582
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Watching HDTV on comp thru Cable?

I was wondering how I could view an HDTV signal, that I get through a digital cable box, on the comp? Ive seen these HDTV TV tuners out now, but I think thier for over-the-air HDTV, not cable HDTV.

Do I just need any Svideo/Composite/Coax input? Whats the best way to get that kind of input?

I current have a TV tuner thats about 5 years old (Pinnacle PCTV Pro), and a GF 6800 but with SVideo out only - no inputs. I figured I dont even need a tuner, since the cable box does the tuning. Also wasnt sure if the TV Tuner software would be able to pick up the HDTV signal and go into progressive scan/widescreen.

The cable co wont give me a HDTV box until I have an HDTV...or something that can view HDTV presumably, so i cant really just test different things...

Does anyone know exactly whatd I need?

EDIT - Havent been here for a long time - Just realized we have a multimedia forum. Mods help me move this?

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