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Old November 21st, 2007, 02:30 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Nvidia Geforce 8500GT

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I bought Geforce 8500 GT graphic card from which i suppose i can watch cable also. All I want to ask is how do i watch the cable. What drivers i need to install and what softwares. I got a CD with it but there is no info in that.
Please help me guys.

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Old November 21st, 2007, 02:57 PM     #2 (permalink)
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To watch any tv on your PC, you need a TV tuner. But even with a TV Tuner you may need a cable box to decode everything for you.
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Old November 21st, 2007, 03:00 PM     #3 (permalink)
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I believe that you would need a TV card to be able to watch cable with.

Although you can use that card to use a TV as your monitor.

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Old November 21st, 2007, 04:08 PM     #4 (permalink)
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your 8500 has TV OUT, not TV IN, which they have explained already.

http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/Su...=TV+Tuner+Card

One of these will let you watch TV assuming you hook it up properly.
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Old November 26th, 2007, 02:43 AM     #5 (permalink)
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if it has either VIVO or tv out as Nemowolf gives, then u should be able to use either a simple s-video cable or vivio cable (with composites) and u might need the wdm driver ;-)
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