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Re: Using a TV as a PC monitor



Hi,

I've recently purchased a WinTV card (Nicam Version) which comes with=
Teletext and a good teletext program - cost around 80gbp... I've written a=
couple of little programs 1. checks my lottery numbers an mails me the=
results 2. goes to my cable TV teletext guide pages an dumps the info to a=
database which is then searched for keywords.. just need to add the email=
interface so that I can tell the VCR to record what I want...

Andy

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On 26/01/99, at 14:38, Harrison, Mark (Alliance) wrote:

>Guys,
>
>I want to do the opposite to Paul Miller, and display TV/teletext onto
>my PC.
>
>Does anyone have any recommendations as to which of the boxes are best?
>And where to buy them from?
>
>I have a Dell Optiplex with an on-board AGP Graphics card (ATI Rage
>something) and a Creative Labs Voodoo 2 that this will need to co-exist
>with. I'm also running Windows 95, but will probably go to '98 before
>too long. In an ideal world, the card would have a SCART input (or
>something that I could wire up to a SCART output).
>
>Regards,
>
>Mark Harrison
>European IT Manager, BP/Bovis Alliance
>Tel: +44 181 869 1439
>Fax: +44 181 423 7711
>SMTP: Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx
>
>
>
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