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Old 11-11-2005, 22:08   #4
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Re: analogue NTL on my pc- help me

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Originally Posted by patrickp
Yes, it's very common for a cable box only to output one channel - whatever you're viewing, the box outputs it on that channel.

For that reason, I've always found it better to take advantage of the better picture quality of a direct (composite or s-video) video connection between the box and the card (or VCR, TV or whatever) than to use the RF output of the box, particularly for capping.
absolutely, but my analogue box only gives me an RF connection and I can't justify 'upgrading' to digital - well I cheat a little by taking the stb RF out to a VCR then chain that to the TV card via composite, but I don't think I improve the picture any, the sound is improved, though
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