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tv card signal compatibility

pwd · 2008-04-25 13:33:17

I'm looking at getting a tv tuner for a laptop. I'm wondering about signal compatibility. At the moment I get analogue tv signal, but that could easily change. The signals used by tuners tend to be: analogue, dvb-c (cable), dvb-s (sattellite), dvb-t (terrestial). Is there any cross-compatibility between these? I mean an…

25-04-2008 1:33pm

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I'm looking at getting a tv tuner for a laptop.
I'm wondering about signal compatibility. At the moment I get analogue tv signal, but that could easily change.
The signals used by tuners tend to be: analogue, dvb-c (cable), dvb-s (sattellite), dvb-t (terrestial). Is there any cross-compatibility between these? I mean an analogue tv can show a digital signal and vice-versa, although there will be depreciation of the signal quality because of the conversion.

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#2 25-04-2008 2:21pm

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Been reading about it. It seems that none of them are cross-compatible. Dvb-t will be available soon in ireland though so a hybrid analogue/dvb-t card would be good for anyone currently using analogue.

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