Tech: My PC's lost its TV!

Subject: RE: Tech: My PC's lost its TV!
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 18 May 08 - 06:03 PM

Drivers for everyting btw - TV card, graphics card, sound card and motherboard!

But it is still probably worth geting a new one:-)

Cheers

Dave

Subject: RE: Tech: My PC's lost its TV!
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 18 May 08 - 12:17 PM

1st thing to try is update the drivers to the latest version from the supplier website.

Second - and it could be the cause I'm afraid - is that the TV receiver card is on the blink. Do you know anyone who has a USB one that you can test it with or are you willing to splash out £18 on one that you can carry around with you? See here for an example.

Cheers and good luck.

Dave

Subject: RE: Tech: My PC's lost its TV!
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 18 May 08 - 11:51 AM

Up for the first time... (Drowning not waving.)

Subject: Tech: My PC's lost its TV!
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 17 May 08 - 08:34 PM

The "Media Center" on my Windows XP computer has lost its will to show any TV. When I try to get it to scan to pick up the channels it does its pieces and reports there are no services and accuses me of not having the cable plugged in. And yet only yesterday it was showing them all right - and I've checked, and the cable that plugs in is still carrying the signals all right, because I tried it on a portable TV.

I've tried doing a "system restore" to a few days ago, but it still can't recognise any signals.

Any suggestions? Apart from "who needs TV on a PC anyway". (The answer being, it's good for saving programmes, because the only DVD recorder I have is in my computer.)