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Originally Posted by homealone

Hi and

The signal from a Virgin (or Sky) set top box is not compatible with DVB-T cards, Freeview is only available using a suitable aerial.

I'm not sure about the DVI socket on the monitor being compatible with being fed directly from the HDMI port on a V+ box, but the RF socket is definitely disabled if you use HDMI, the V+ box has no passthrough, or combiner, afaik.

But why then does the V+ box have an RF input as well as a cable in and an RF out? I was hoping that I could feed my aerial into it and use the freeview as well as (not instead of ) the STB - I didn't expect to get freeview from the STB.
So this means that the cable box only outputs an analogue RF signal?

I guess it is a case of which channels you want, if you are happy with the Freeview selection your best bet may be the aerial upgrade, unless someone can confirm your monitor will be ok fed directly from a V+ box??

I am more than happy with Freeview, I watch very little TV, mainly terrestrial, which is why I dumped cable TV 4 years ago, just thinking if I can get it free, why not?
So it seems that I can't use cable without a scart socket, an HDMI socket, or an analogue RF TV socket.

DRM 'shouldn't' be a problem, provided your monitor is compliant.

Very few are, so it is unlikely that mine is.

Oh well, I was thinking of dumping cable altogether,anyway.

Thanks for the clarification.