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| Thread ID: 58489 | 2005-06-02 05:54:00 | Sky TV extension &/or PC TV Tuner card- assistance needed for dippy blonde | Alison4004 (8251) | Press F1 |
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| 360556 | 2005-06-02 07:19:00 | It's a tv tuner, which is usually a PCI card (or USB). Which is external. It plugs into a spare USB port. Yup the PCI tv tuner goes in a PCI slot on the motherboard. The PCI tv tuner has to be installed inside the case. Then u can watch TV on your PC. Like this PCI TV tuner www.leadtek.com.tw |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 360557 | 2005-06-02 08:34:00 | thanks again Speedy. So far I understand there is a choice of external and internal and i looked at your link and also read other stuff. Now all i need to do is confirm that they will also play the sky channels and also work out what kind of connection i need from my TV and what kind of cable. I still have the problem of not being able to use a splitter. But that is a separate problem. i think i need to look at the cabling and splitting etc as one issue and getting a tv tuner for the pc that will play sky tv. so i guess it is a phone call to sky and to the resellers of the tuner cards. | Alison4004 (8251) | ||
| 360558 | 2005-06-02 09:47:00 | Well some tuners can get Sky (Not Sky digital), so i've read. BUT this is illegal. Normally, most tv tuners, can only get free to air channels (1,2,3,DW,Prime,Juice, C4,Maori Channel etc). Nothing else. They can't normally decode the Sky signal/channel. BUT the site I gave u, this tuner also has teletext, and will also let u record off free to air TV, and u can also burn whatever, (once u have recorded it) to a DVD, if u have a DVD burner. And also a remote control. To change channels/record etc.... All you need (if u get a TV tuner) is either rabbit ears, or connect it to an external aerial for a better signal. BUT I cant see why u cant somehow connect Sky digital thru it (video in socket), and watch and record from Sky Digital. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 360559 | 2005-06-02 10:43:00 | The Sky digital decoder has a coax uhf output socket. So all you need to do is run a coax lead between the decoder and the 2nd TV. This output gives all the normal free to air channels plus the selected decoder programme. | lark (1313) | ||
| 360560 | 2005-06-02 12:09:00 | Another option Alison may be to upgrade your monitor to an LCD one with a TV tuner or TV input on it, that will enable you to either watch tv or work on the pc or even split screen it. Sure there is a cost but the saving is space ( not another device cluttering ) LCD screens also have a very low power requirement. Another option could also be to rent a 2nd decoder, A UHF decoder can be had for about $8 an month on top I believe, this will give you access to TV 1,2,3,4, Prime etc and the UHF Sky channels, useful if you wished to record or watch more than one thing at a time. |
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