I am thinking of building a new computer and and would like to know if it is possible to watch tv on my computer with the sappire radeon x1900xtx which has VIVO. I have Bell ExpressVu so i can output via s-video. If it is possible would i special software to run it fullscreen. Thanks in advance

Shadow: Doing a quick search it seems like the radeon x1900xtx does not have a TV Tuner card built-in. So, without a TV Tuner card, no. However, TV Tuner cards start at about 20 USD. Virtually all TV Tuner/Capture cards come with software that allows full screen display. Harold

but why would their be a video input if you can input video and as i said it is not a cable it is s-video. thanks

Is not the SVideo an ouput only on the card ?

no it is VIVO (Video Input Video Output) thanks

Think of a stereo receiver hooked up to speakers. It can play an audio signal straight from your tape deck, or your old turntable, or a CD player. All it does with these is amplify their signal. But to listen to the radio, it first needs to use the tuner part of the receiver to convert the radio waves to an audio signal, which it then amplifies and sends to the speakers. vivo allows video in and video out, such as to and from your VCR, dealing (whether input or output) with a video signal. But to watch TV on a computer you need to first run the cable TV signal through a tuner, similar to how a stereo receiver needs to tune the radio waves before amplifying them. Vivo cards do not necessarily have TV tuning capability. Those that do, have a coax connector on them, like here: http://www.hwextreme.com/reviews/videocards/ati_9700pro/images/1sm.jpg hauppauge dominates the TV tuner market for PCs. I have three win-tv go cards that I got for $10-$15 each on ebay. They work fine and come with free software that allows full screen, etc. They go into a PCI slot and are not video cards - your PC still needs a video card. Or you can get a card that both tunes TV signals and is a video card as well, like the All-In-Wonder 9700pro pictured above. http://search.ebay.com/HAUPPAUGE-WinTV_W0QQcatrefZC6QQflocZ1QQfromZR10QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsacatZQ2d1QQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQsaslcZ1QQsbrsrtZd

you people don't understand i have bell expressvu which is a reciever. I change channel on my receiver not on my tv my tv ALLWAYS stays on the same channel. My reciever can output the signal in s-video which can be pluged at the back of this card so I DO NOT need a tv tuner. P.S: Channels ARE changed on receiver and NOT the TV thanks