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Gold_Disk · 10-31-2003, 04:25 PM

Thanks Xayd.

I was thinking about getting some nice PC speakers to play, DVDs, MP3s and TV.

I had a look at the X-Card at it seems good for £70 (I'm in the UK). The only prob I have is I have one PCI slot and 1 AGP slot spare and that is it. I couldn't figure it out but does the X-Card record from TV?

So with the only 2 slots available I was thinking I would need a good graphics card in AGP and a good TV card in the PCI slot.

I saw on another post that the user managed to use his PC at the same time as watching a DVD (DVD on the TV and the normal comp on his monitor). If I could get this it would be great. Then I could get my TV aerial into my PC TV capture card. Then I could use the video out to either watch DVDs or TV on my TV and still use my comp as normal.

10-31-2003, 04:25 PM	#13
Gold_Disk Member (9 bit) Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 299	Thanks Xayd. I was thinking about getting some nice PC speakers to play, DVDs, MP3s and TV. I had a look at the X-Card at it seems good for £70 (I'm in the UK). The only prob I have is I have one PCI slot and 1 AGP slot spare and that is it. I couldn't figure it out but does the X-Card record from TV? So with the only 2 slots available I was thinking I would need a good graphics card in AGP and a good TV card in the PCI slot. I saw on another post that the user managed to use his PC at the same time as watching a DVD (DVD on the TV and the normal comp on his monitor). If I could get this it would be great. Then I could get my TV aerial into my PC TV capture card. Then I could use the video out to either watch DVDs or TV on my TV and still use my comp as normal.