HD Cable With HTPC? (1 Viewer)

[Dalton]

Hi Everyone,
I am about to setup my first projector/htpc and had a question about my HD Cable box. Is there a way to run my HD cable through the HTPC and back out to the HD cable box? I only have one vga input on the projector(BenQ PB 6200)and want to avoid using a vga switcher. Also i think the SD channels would come in better if they were processed by the HTPC using something like Dscaler? Is this feasable? Any help/suggestions greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Dalton

 

[Gabriel_Lam]

Yes, you can. However, you'd need a component input card, which tends to be rather expensive.



http://www.digitalconnection.com/Pro.../h3dgraph2.asp

 

[Dalton]

Holy Cow! Those are expensive. I guess i'll get a VGA switch to go from my HTPC to my HD Cable. I guess i can run the HD Cable box and Xbox from the Receiver's component inputs and use the vga switch to go back and forth between the receiver and HTPC. No biggie. I just wish i could run the regular digital cable and clean it up with dscaler. Only 7 HD channels preventing me from doing it. And of course $800 for a component card.

 

[Joseph S]

If you have Comcast you may be able to via Firewire and if you live in Long Island you're good to go.

 

[Dalton]

Unfortunatly i live in COX Cable country. We just got HD 5 months ago.