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TV Card??

  • 11-03-2006 12:05pm
    #1
    da4i's
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭


    Hi all;

    I want a TV card that i can plug an ariel and my XBOX into?? Oh and also; be able to plug a VCR into it so that i can put my VCRs on DVD!!??

    Thanks all for help!,

    Dave


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  • #2
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    da4i's wrote:
    Hi all;

    I want a TV card that i can plug an ariel and my XBOX into?? Oh and also; be able to plug a VCR into it so that i can put my VCRs on DVD!!??

    Thanks all for help!,

    Dave


    just about any tv card will do it. i use this one: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=a04bk&doy=11m3&source=15

    it has coaxial, composite and s-video in. i've plugged a vcr into it with no problems and an xbox would work just as well. besides the card you'll need:
    for the video:
    http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=1019&criteria=phono&doy=11m3
    for the sound:
    http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=31700&criteria=jack%20to%20phono&doy=11m3
    and you might need:
    http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=13372&criteria=scart%20adapter&doy=11m3


  • #3
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Commander Vimes wrote:
    an xbox would work just as well.

    While it will display the Xbox picture, there will be a delay of almost half a second - not really much use for playing games.


  • #4
    irishshogun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 313 ✭✭irishshogun


    tom dunne wrote:
    While it will display the Xbox picture, there will be a delay of almost half a second - not really much use for playing games.


    What would you recommend then instead? I'm thinking of doing the same setup.


  • #5
    DemonOfTheFall
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭DemonOfTheFall


    tom dunne wrote:
    While it will display the Xbox picture, there will be a delay of almost half a second - not really much use for playing games.

    The delay is nowehere near half a second. There is a small but noticeable delay though.

    Depends how picky you are really.


  • #6
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    DemonOfTheFall wrote:
    The delay is nowehere near half a second. There is a small but noticeable delay though.

    Ok, I've just checked the link above, I now see it's a PCI card.

    My TV tuner card is USB, and there is a delay of almost a half a second, it would be less with a PCI card.


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  • #7
    DemonOfTheFall
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭DemonOfTheFall


    The amount of image enhancement filters you use seems to have a bit of an impact on the amount of delay aswell.

    I used to use DScaler with all the enhancments cranked up as high as my PC could handle for playing my Gamecube, and there was a maybe 50-100 ms of lag, never measured it.

    With all the image enhancements off it was a lot snappier, just looked much worse.


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