I recently got an Xbox 360 from my In-laws for christmas. Seems my wife enjoys it as much as I do, and thus I havn't been able to watch much TV. What I would like to do is get a video tuner card and set it up so I could just run a cable from my AT&T U-verse box to my computer and have the signal displayed on my second monitor. I have no experiance with tuner cards, but I would assume that live viewing of the signal is possible. I am running the comp in the sig with a pair of 8800 GTS (G92/512). I havn't had my second monitor hooked up since I started using SLI, and I never dusted it off after the latest drivers came out to support multimonitor SLI. Does anyone know if you can have the second monitor hooked up with a live feed from a tuner card, all while playing a game (CoD4 or whatever) on the primary?
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Can I do this with a video tuner card?
- Thread starter vengence
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The easiest way to do this is to send the output from the U-Verse box directly into the monitor, assuming you have the necessary connections. You could use a HDMI or component switcher to select whether to output U-Verse to your TV or monitor.
You could also add a tuner/capture card and output the U-Verse box into that. The issue is that some games disable your second monitor if you run them fullscreen, so you'd have to run them in a window or find a way around that.
Also, either way, you will still have to select your channels through the U-Verse box, either with the remote or using an IR blasting setup from your PC.
You could also add a tuner/capture card and output the U-Verse box into that. The issue is that some games disable your second monitor if you run them fullscreen, so you'd have to run them in a window or find a way around that.
Also, either way, you will still have to select your channels through the U-Verse box, either with the remote or using an IR blasting setup from your PC.
Do you have HD service? If so, you could use a Hauppauge HD-PVR to record on your PC. It would take the component output from your STB, and also handle the IR blasting for changing the channel from the PC.
If not, a regular tuner card can take the composite, S-video, or coax output from the STB. Some will also handle the IR vlasting.
For inputting directly into the monitor, does your box output HDMI? If so, a HDMI->DVI cable should work (your monitor may need to be HDCP compliant). If not, you'd need a box to convert component to VGA or DVI.
If not, a regular tuner card can take the composite, S-video, or coax output from the STB. Some will also handle the IR vlasting.
For inputting directly into the monitor, does your box output HDMI? If so, a HDMI->DVI cable should work (your monitor may need to be HDCP compliant). If not, you'd need a box to convert component to VGA or DVI.