viewing HD on PC over 1394 from STB ?

I've always wanted to know this but been a little shy to ask what's the benefit of watching live TV on the PC via firewire from the STB (if youre not interesting in recording)? Isn't it just easier to hook up the STB to a PC monitor directly? Is it because of special video processing on the PC? I actually had one of my STBs connected directly to a 19" monitor via DVI (with HDCP) and it looked pretty good.



Quote:
Originally Posted by mkanet /forum/post/12799294


I've always wanted to know this but been a little shy to ask

what's the benefit of watching live TV on the PC via firewire from the STB (if youre not interesting in recording)? Isn't it just easier to hook up the STB to a PC monitor directly? Is it because of special video processing on the PC? I actually had one of my STBs connected directly to a 19" monitor via DVI (with HDCP) and it looked pretty good.

Click to expand...

first of all when i connected DVI from box to my 24" samsung desktop display it didnt look very good ... the picture became stretched vertically ... i know 24" EIZO can display 1080 with black bars but my samsung 244T just stretches it vertically


secondly ... get ready for it ... i actually want to be able to use my computer while im watching TV


of course thats what i have a TV for ( also samsung, 1080P ) so i can work on computer while watching TV ... problem is the TV is also hooked up as a second display for the computer ( both displays connected over DVI ) so really when im watching TV im losing one of my two displays


if i can get firewire to work i can then have both of my displays handling my desktop and at the same time be watching TV on either of them.


and last but not least, by using firewire i want to bypass all the processing of the horrible scientific atlanta STB and in the process gain the ability to control things like gamma etc using nvidia control panel.

Oh okay.. now I understand, you also want to watch what you're already watching (on your big screen) also in a window. That's completely understandable. I watch a lot of my TV in a window too... I'm watching HowardTV On Demand in a window as I'm typing this message ....going full screen after this message...



Quote:
Originally Posted by Nimo /forum/post/12799163

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=403695


DL the drivers and use VLC to watch live TV.

Click to expand...

thanks for the link. i started reading then i realized there is 140+ pages and stopped


but i like the idea of using VLC player ...


so do i have your blessing to buy this firewire adapter:

http://www.unibrain.com/Products/p13...eBoardBLUE.htm


?


are you sure it will work ? lol



Quote:
Originally Posted by neurosport /forum/post/12806119


thanks for the link. i started reading then i realized there is 140+ pages and stopped

but i like the idea of using VLC player ...


so do i have your blessing to buy this firewire adapter:

http://www.unibrain.com/Products/p13...eBoardBLUE.htm


?


are you sure it will work ? lol

Click to expand...

Sorry this thread got buried, better late than never right? Yea that card will be just fine any 1394 PCI card will work.