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Dustin Michael

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hey guys, n00b to this forum..ok here is whats going on..i recently purchased a 23" monitor and id like to find a video card that has a cable input to watch tv on and with some rca video inputs for my ps2 and for my yamaha reciever to use the on screen features..is there card out there with these features thats a little practical price wise? oh yeah i wanna use the cable box as my tuner tho..to use the channel info and other options.. all replies and input will be greatly appreciated
 
Welcome to the forums.

You might be interested in the VIVO-featured cards (or HDCP). We would need to know what your budget is first. A 7600GT HDCP should be able to offer what you want, or a X1650XT but you also need to state what platform this is on. AGP or PCI-E.

If you mean a video card that sports a TV tuner, then the X1900 All-In-Wonder does the job. And it offers a beautiful picture but I don't know if it's in the price range you're looking for.
 
If you want to game, you're going to need a good gaming card...

Anything by ATI over the 18xx XXX range...
Anything by Nvidia over the 79XX range...


If you want to game AND watch tv (cable input as you said, with an RCA input too) you'll need a video capture card, with a built in TV tuner. These usually come in the form of a PCI card, or an All in wonder (by ATI) that was mentionned above.

Personally? I run an 8800GTS as my gaming card, and have a tv tuner made by hauppage. It fits in my PCI slot, and I run it along side my GTS. It's called the "WinTV-PVR-150MCE"... It has an Svideo input and an RCA input... As well as a cable tuner. That way, you could use your PS2 with the Svideo port (buy a converter if necessary, they're like 3$... or make one yourself as I just did, 10 minutes ago) and have your RCA in from your cable box. The thing cost 99$ MSRP, I got it for 69$ on sale at ncix.com


This is the best way really, as the All in Wonders don't do so well in a gaming environment, especially on a 23" tv monitor!

Hope this helps...
 
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