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<blockquote data-quote="vbap" data-source="post: 17119" data-attributes="member: 11549">OK, now I don't get it...I apologise in advance if I'm teaching you to suck eggs, but here goes:Let's be careful about terminology: &quot;Video Card&quot; is the same as &quot;Graphics card&quot; as far as the PC world is concerned. Video cards let you display your PC output onto a computer monitor (ie via VGA/DVI connection). If you want to display your PC output to a TV, you need a &quot;TV-out&quot; connection on your Video card. Usually, this is an &quot;S-Video&quot; connector, and graphics cards that supply TV-out connections will usu8ally include a couple of cables that let you connect that S-Video output connection on the graphics card to the S-Video In connection (or Composite/AV In connection)&nbsp; on your TV.A &quot;TV Card&quot; or &quot;TV Tuner card&quot; or &quot;TV capture card&quot; lets you receive (input) TV signals on your PC. Your PC's video card will let you display (output) those TV signals to either your computer monitor or your TV set (if you have a TV-out connection on your video card). TV signals can be broadcast in Analogue or Digital. DVB is the digital broadcasting stndard used by NZ (and Oz and Europe). ATSC is the standard used by North America.So, the link you posted doesn't make sense...it's not a &quot;Video Card with TV-Out&quot; as per the title of this thread. This device certainly lets you display your PC output on a TV, but it's a separate, external box that provides only the &quot;TV-Out&quot; functionality.You want something like <a href="http://ascent.co.nz/mn-product-spec.asp?pid=335273" target="_blank">this</a> or <a href="http://ascent.co.nz/mn-product-spec.asp?pid=336731" target="_blank">this</a>(I chose some that were ~same price as your original link and are DX9 compatible). I take it you're not interested in capturing TV signals through your PC then...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vbap, post: 17119, member: 11549"] OK, now I don't get it... I apologise in advance if I'm teaching you to suck eggs, but here goes: Let's be careful about terminology: "Video Card" is the same as "Graphics card" as far as the PC world is concerned. Video cards let you display your PC output onto a computer monitor (ie via VGA/DVI connection). If you want to display your PC output to a TV, you need a "TV-out" connection on your Video card. Usually, this is an "S-Video" connector, and graphics cards that supply TV-out connections will usu8ally include a couple of cables that let you connect that S-Video output connection on the graphics card to the S-Video In connection (or Composite/AV In connection) on your TV. A "TV Card" or "TV Tuner card" or "TV capture card" lets you receive (input) TV signals on your PC. Your PC's video card will let you display (output) those TV signals to either your computer monitor or your TV set (if you have a TV-out connection on your video card). TV signals can be broadcast in Analogue or Digital. DVB is the digital broadcasting stndard used by NZ (and Oz and Europe). ATSC is the standard used by North America. So, the link you posted doesn't make sense...it's not a "Video Card with TV-Out" as per the title of this thread. This device certainly lets you display your PC output on a TV, but it's a separate, external box that provides only the "TV-Out" functionality. You want something like [url=http://ascent.co.nz/mn-product-spec.asp?pid=335273]this[/url] or [url=http://ascent.co.nz/mn-product-spec.asp?pid=336731]this[/url] (I chose some that were ~same price as your original link and are DX9 compatible). I take it you're not interested in capturing TV signals through your PC then... [/QUOTE]

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