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  • 22-12-2009 10:50pm
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    dhaddock
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    I am looking to get a TV card for my computer. I have Digital+ from UPC.

    Do I need to buy a card with DVB-C to watch the stuff from the digital box?

    Do I need to buy a card with Analog to watch the basic terrestrial tv stuff?

    All new cards seem to be able for Digital Terrestrial television. Is this even in Ireland yet?

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    bazwaldo
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    dhaddock wrote: »
    I am looking to get a TV card for my computer. I have Digital+ from UPC.

    Do I need to buy a card with DVB-C to watch the stuff from the digital box?
    No. You need a card that can encode composite video. You know the red white and yellow connections on a TV, thats known as composite/RCA. The yellow is composite video and red and white is audio. NTL stuff is encoded so DVB-C is no good to you.
    dhaddock wrote: »
    Do I need to buy a card with Analog to watch the basic terrestrial tv stuff?
    The card above will work for your NTL digital. If you want to watch analogue from a coax then you need an analogue card. Note quality will be better from NTL digital.
    dhaddock wrote: »
    All new cards seem to be able for Digital Terrestrial television. Is this even in Ireland yet?
    Kind of. RTE1+RTE2+TG4 are always on DTT in Ireland. TV3 can be a testcard regularly. They call all this a trial but its running for ages. You need to be within coverage though. Check the Terrestrial forum for info. There are maps of coverage on the net too.


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