Controlling PC PVR from TV?

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#10466 23-Nov-2006 22:26

I want to try setting the PC up as a PVR. However I want to watch the recorded programs on the TV which is quite far away in another room.

I'm not going wireless cos everyone says it doesn't work yet.

I thought I could string some cable under the floor from the PC to the TV and use a remote extender to control the PC but my tuner card doesn't have any video out.

What other options do I have?

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TinyTim

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#53478 24-Nov-2006 11:49

You'll probably need to hook something up via your video card. My laptop has S-video out which I convert to composite and plug into an RCA video in socket. Does you PC have anything similar? (That might be a silly question but I don't know anything about desktops!)

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#53634 25-Nov-2006 18:38

You should regard your tuner card as an input device, to enable your PC to capture video. On the output side I would recommend a high end dual head video card run in clone mode with overlay/fullscreen set to secondary device (your tv), this will allow you to see all pc output on the tv but show all video in full screen on tv whilst still being able to use the pc for web browsing etc.
If you have an lcd tv with a pc (vga) input go for a video card with twin vga outputs (you will have to run audio as a seperate feed to the tv) if feeding a tv without a vga port I would go for component or at least s-video, steer clear of composite video it will only disapoint you on text quality.
Let us know how you get on.