Ok, but all I really want is to be able to watch TV on my PC monitor... 😀
I currently have an ancient analog TV-card (pci) installed in my PC, with plain coax in. No decoder or card whatsoever. Wall cable connected directly to that card, and programs then shows up via the old software. Picture is not that great (no HD/analog only) but works fine for my very simple use...
- But, the new mandatory decoder has only HDMI out, which does not fit into my TV-cards input/antenna plug.
Any capturing ability would be a bonus I suppose, but is not really needed.
Basically, I'd need 'something' that can be connected to or installed in my PC or aging monitor, and that is able to take the HDMI output from the decoder box and give me sound and picture....
(no HDMI on my monitor/VGA+DVI only)
Maybe it would work (directly?) with a modern PC monitor with HDMI-input, but...
...would then probably need a TV-receiver capability as well, somewhere in the signal chain ?
Or would I also need a HDCP stripper thingy for this to work ?
I don't really know much about these things, but I know the old/current PC card is a (analog) receiver, so....
Maybe I'll eventually break down and buy an old used flatscreen TV with HDMI-input.. but I have no space for it, hence my wish to keep the programmes showing on the PC monitor... 😐