Telewest on PC

[da_vone]

i everyone. i have a question regarding telewest and my pc.

ive had telewest for about a year or so. but most excitingly i have brought a new wizz bang all singing dancing top notch PC. so your thinking well whats that got to do with telewest.

Well my question is can i watch my telewest channels on my PC via an internal TV card (Asus My Cinema-P7131 Hybrid). so what i an saying is that can the actual telewest cable (i think its referd to as coax cable) be pluged into the connection at the back of my PC or do i need to do something else like get adapters or something.

I would appreciate if anyone can respond to my query. Have a great night all

with kind regards

da

[Matt D]

Originally Posted by da_vone

i everyone. i have a question regarding telewest and my pc.

ive had telewest for about a year or so. but most excitingly i have brought a new wizz bang all singing dancing top notch PC. so your thinking well whats that got to do with telewest.

Well my question is can i watch my telewest channels on my PC via an internal TV card (Asus My Cinema-P7131 Hybrid). so what i an saying is that can the actual telewest cable (i think its referd to as coax cable) be pluged into the connection at the back of my PC or do i need to do something else like get adapters or something.

I would appreciate if anyone can respond to my query. Have a great night all

with kind regards

da

Nope, sorry.


The only way to receive the Telewest digital cable channels is via a Telewest Set Top Box.


If you connected the Telewest cable to the TV card's input, you might get the analogue terrestrial channels (1-5) & maybe Sky/BBC news - but that's it, at the most - no Sky 1, no BBC3, etc. etc.


Why not run an aerial lead from your STB's RF output to the PC's TV card? That should carry whatever channel the STB happens to be tuned into to the PC. Better than nothing.

[da_vone]

wow thank you so much for a very prompt message Matt.

i didnt think of that idea i shall try your suggestion. however i think this might mean that i need to make "holes in the wall" as my STB in down stairs and my PC is upstairs. is there a way i can avoid making the holes in the wall?

regards

da

[Matt D]

You could get a pair of "video sender" things.

One would connect to the STB, & wirelessly transmit the output to a 2nd unit connected to the PC's TV card.

You can get ones with RF in/out, & also I think SCART in/out.

Not sure how much they cost, but I've seen e.g. "DigiSenders" in Maplin. Various makes, features, etc.

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Also, some can relay remote control signals (although not all can relay ntl/TW remote signals), so it may be possible (if it supports it), to point your remote at the sender thing by the PC upstairs, to change the channel on the STB downstairs.