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Setchell
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 Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 12:13 am Post subject: 8800 GTS as a TV Tuner? |
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I'm about to build a new PC and thinking of buying a Dell 2407 LCD monitor.
The card I'm considering for the new rig would be a geforce 8800 GTS, which
I noticed has a HDTV input. I've got a cable modem that I've been splitting
for cable tv as well. Is it possible to use the 8800 GTS as an input to
watch cable tv on this new rig I'm putting together? The p.c. is going to
be used basically for gaming but if I can swing the $$ for the Dell, it
seems to me to be a good monitor to also use for viewing tv, but I've never
hooked TV up to a PC before. Thanks for any responses. |
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 12:13 am Post subject: Re: 8800 GTS as a TV Tuner? |
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You can hookup directly to the 2407 (bypass PC) and choose signal input from
the 2407 panel... see spec for the 2407
"Setchell" <brancatoREMOVE@rcn.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I'm about to build a new PC and thinking of buying a Dell 2407 LCD
monitor. The card I'm considering for the new rig would be a geforce 8800
GTS, which I noticed has a HDTV input. I've got a cable modem that I've
been splitting for cable tv as well. Is it possible to use the 8800 GTS
as an input to watch cable tv on this new rig I'm putting together? The
p.c. is going to be used basically for gaming but if I can swing the $$
for the Dell, it seems to me to be a good monitor to also use for viewing
tv, but I've never hooked TV up to a PC before. Thanks for any responses.
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Geoff
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 1:41 pm Post subject: Re: 8800 GTS as a TV Tuner? |
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"Setchell" <brancatoREMOVE@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:CLadnZyIkLQMCsHbnZ2dnUVZ_t-mnZ2d@rcn.net...
| Quote: | I'm about to build a new PC and thinking of buying a Dell 2407 LCD
monitor. The card I'm considering for the new rig would be a geforce 8800
GTS, which I noticed has a HDTV input. I've got a cable modem that I've
been splitting for cable tv as well. Is it possible to use the 8800 GTS
as an input to watch cable tv on this new rig I'm putting together? The
p.c. is going to be used basically for gaming but if I can swing the $$
for the Dell, it seems to me to be a good monitor to also use for viewing
tv, but I've never hooked TV up to a PC before. Thanks for any responses.
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the video card is not a tv capture device
best setup would be a sep tv capture card (i don't recommend biult in to
video card anwyay)
or plug the tv directly into the monitor
I have a dell 2005FPW, or something like that model, i can plug tv into it,
it doesn't handle it very well though, since it's widescreen |
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Setchell
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 10:15 pm Post subject: Re: 8800 GTS as a TV Tuner? |
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Thanks for all the responses. I obviously need to get a capture card
separate from the video card. And I'm rethinking the 2407, given the
comments here. If I watch TV and play games like Quake (the original as
well as subsequent ones), perhaps a widescreen is not the way to go.
I've been reading MaximumPC and listening to its podcasts--apparently
they're very down on 22" monitors that use 6 bit (rather than 8 bit)
color---and recommend either a regular 4:3 aspect ratio 19/20" monitor or at
least a 24" for widescreen. But perhaps the latter is not for me. Thanks
again.
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"Setchell" <brancatoREMOVE@rcn.com> wrote in message
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I'm about to build a new PC and thinking of buying a Dell 2407 LCD
monitor. The card I'm considering for the new rig would be a geforce 8800
GTS, which I noticed has a HDTV input. I've got a cable modem that I've
been splitting for cable tv as well. Is it possible to use the 8800 GTS
as an input to watch cable tv on this new rig I'm putting together? The
p.c. is going to be used basically for gaming but if I can swing the $$
for the Dell, it seems to me to be a good monitor to also use for viewing
tv, but I've never hooked TV up to a PC before. Thanks for any
responses.
the video card is not a tv capture device
best setup would be a sep tv capture card (i don't recommend biult in to
video card anwyay)
or plug the tv directly into the monitor
I have a dell 2005FPW, or something like that model, i can plug tv into
it, it doesn't handle it very well though, since it's widescreen
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Roger (K8RI)
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 9:43 am Post subject: Re: 8800 GTS as a TV Tuner? |
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On Wed, 30 May 2007 13:15:43 -0400, "Setchell"
<brancatoREMOVE@rcn.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Thanks for all the responses. I obviously need to get a capture card
separate from the video card. And I'm rethinking the 2407, given the
comments here. If I watch TV and play games like Quake (the original as
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I don't know about Quake, but I run FSX and TV (HD and SD) on a 22"
wide screen which works just fine.
| Quote: | well as subsequent ones), perhaps a widescreen is not the way to go.
I've been reading MaximumPC and listening to its podcasts--apparently
they're very down on 22" monitors that use 6 bit (rather than 8 bit)
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I'm using a Samsung 226BW for photo editing and am quite happy with
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