tv capture cards (tuner and agp)

[azntiger0586]

i currently have all the premium channels with hbo, cinemax, showtime, and so on ordered from my cable company. but to watch them, i have to use a descrambler box from the cable company. can i watch them straight off the tv capture card without the box? or would i need a box? many thanks.

 

[MDE]

Try it without the box and see what happens.

 

[Zucarita9000]

I would guess tha you still need the box. It could be possible to descramble the signal via software, but I would recommend using th box.

 

[azntiger0586]

thanks for the both responses. i remember from reading somewhere in this forum that it waspossible to have an agp card and a tv tuner both plugged in at the same time without any conflicts. is this true? and if so, how would it work out?

 

[azntiger0586]

bump, anyone?

 

[Peter]

Yes sure you can. TV tuner cards (if not integrated onto the graphics card) usually are PCI cards. The video stream is pushed by the TV card - either into your graphics card's overlay buffer for realtime viewing, or into main memory for other purposes.