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 Sep 5 2007, 11:52 PM
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My kids want to watch & Record TV on one screen and I would like to work with my PC using the second screen. Can somebody please explain what extra hardware & software do I need to order in new PC ? Also I have a choice of two video cards namely : 128MB PCIe™x16 NVIDIA® GeForce® 8300GS w/TV-Out, VGA & DVI 256MB PCIe™x16 NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600GT w/TV-Out & Dual DVI The 256 MB is more than twice in price. I am not a gamer but I do analyze stocks charts with live streaming data with graphic software. So do I need 256 MB or 128 MB would do ? Thank You. |
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Sep 6 2007, 10:40 AM
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Member 1K Posts: 1,078 From: tip of lake superior OS: win98/win2000/linux |
Actually you need a capture card not a video card. You can either get a compo card like the ATI ALL-InWonder cards or you can get a seperate card that has a tuner... If you are looking to do both at the same time I'm not sure how well it will work.... I have heard of some issues with doing tvout on a second monitor... Also if that is working you should have no problem watching but if you are recording that may take quite a bit of resources.... I know the theory behind what you want to do but have not done it myself....
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Sep 7 2007, 01:50 PM
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Member Posts: 126 OS: WinXP |
There some software which allows to record stream TV:
http://www.gbpvr.com/ http://www.sage.tv/ http://www.snapstream.com/ |
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