I am planning on getting a TV tuner for my Windows computer (at least something I can connect a VCR up to, but can also record live TV), and there's an external one available at Staples/Business Depot, but it says it requires an antenna or analogue cable source. I have neither (I have a digital set-top box). Can I still use a tuner card, or do I need to get analogue cable or an antenna?
2006-12-26 13:48:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
In your case, you'll just end up bypassing the TV tuner on the PCI card, using the Composite or S-video INputs the card has to offer.
Keep changing channels on your cable-box, and hook the video outputs in the back of the box into your TV tuner. The audio cables should go into your soundcard.
2006-12-26 14:23:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can work as an analog set top box, but not a digital set top box. You need the cable set top box to decode the channels. Without the set top box, you would just be stuck with 75 channels. With the set top box, you will get the full 200+ channels that you ordered.
You would use your set top box remote to change the channels. You are using the TV tuner card as a tv tuner rather than a cable tuner.
2006-12-26 15:44:29 · answer #2 · answered by techman2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are TV tuner cards that have IR blasters that stick onto the front of the cable box where the IR receiver is, this will send IR commands to the cable box to change channels.
2006-12-26 15:52:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may have a digital set top box, but the signal it sends to the TV (unless it is digital too) is analog, usually. So hooking it up to the tuner card should work just the same. You may not have the same functionality, but probably will.
2006-12-26 13:53:30 · answer #4 · answered by joannaserah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋