[mythtv-users] Do I need a tuner card with DirecTV?

[jasonmiller at micron.com]

Most of the cheap Tuner cards discussed here actually do both.  They have a coax antenna/cable input and a built in TV tuner as well as SVideo and/or Composite (plus audio) inputs to capture video directly.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Latka [mailto:latka at speakeasy.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 1:25 PM
To: MythTV-Users List
Subject: [mythtv-users] Do I need a tuner card with DirecTV?


I'm a little green in the area of capture/tuner cards, and can't seem to
find a definitive answer to one question: If I'm using a satellite receiver
(DirecTV RCA 420RD), do I actually need a TV tuner card or just a video
capture card (I'm guessing that there are cards that simply captured an
already "tuned" source)?

My sat receiver has both S-Video and composite (RCA) outs, so I'm guessing
that a TV tuner in my (to-be-built)myth box would be useless, although I
would like a radio tuner.

Thanks.

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