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Re: meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum. . . .
Posted By: gabby, on host 206.64.3.110
Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2000, at 19:00:17
In Reply To: Re: meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum. . . . posted by Nyperold on Tuesday, June 13, 2000, at 18:12:18:

> > > Yet another reason to get a high-speed line to your house. I watch TV, for free, that I want to watch, without commercials or other junk channels, on my computer.
> > >
> > >
> > > The benefits of ADSL or Sat. totally outweigh the cost.
> > >
> > > Worm"No, cable does NOT count"wood
> >
> > I think i missed the TV-ADSL correlation somewhere...are you saying that DSL can provide a cable/satellite type service, or just that you could use your computer as a TV, maybe with a "TV out" on the video card to hook it up to the TV?
> >
> > Hmm...
> >
> > Catti"the possibilities are endless!"brie
>
> There is such a thing as a TV card which allows you to watch TV on the computer. I don't know much about them, though.
>
> Nyperold

It's not very useful. I watched TV on my computer once just to see how it worked. I haven't tried video capture, which I suppose is why the capability exists. The ability was built in; I didn't buy anything extra. Since I've already got a TV, though, there was no point in keeping the system extensions on.

gab"Precious little RAM"by