At 12:07 PM 2/6/2006, you wrote:
>I could still run the signal through my computer to watch tv on my monitor?

Direct TV is satellite right? So, if you have any kind of over the air 
reception, you can also run a regular antenna, or cable TV, to the coaxial 
input of your video card TV tuner. What ever it picks up can be displayed 
on your monitor selecting TV as the output.


Then output your satellite box to the <In jacks>, video, and audio, of your 
capture device. Then launch your TV driver software ( whatever you use to 
watch TV)  and select <Line> as the source. Whatever the satellite box is 
outputting, is what will appear on the monitor. Use the remote for the 
satellite box to change channels. Use the remote, if any, for the capture 
device to adjust volume.

Rode
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