Vista, DVR functions, and Dish Network HD Receiver?
April 29th, 2009 | by protection |
historyhobiest asked:
Hello, I have Vista Ultimate and a Dish Network HD Receiver.
1. Can I hook up my receiver to the PC to use it as a DVR with the receiver as source?
2. Is there protection/encryption I need to worry about?
3. Do I need any special hardware (HD Tuner?) to do this?
4. If so, any recommendations?
Hello, I have Vista Ultimate and a Dish Network HD Receiver.
1. Can I hook up my receiver to the PC to use it as a DVR with the receiver as source?
2. Is there protection/encryption I need to worry about?
3. Do I need any special hardware (HD Tuner?) to do this?
4. If so, any recommendations?
Thanks
ELLIOT
One Response to “Vista, DVR functions, and Dish Network HD Receiver?”
By TiredTrucker on Apr 30, 2009 | Reply
BRADY
yes you are going to need an hdtv tuner. they come in either PCI cards, USB boxes, or PCMCIA cards for laptops. Make sure it’s HDTV capable, there are a lot of cheap analog models floating around out there. I have an analog myself, that I paid $20 for, for the purpose of moving my vhs stuff to dvd, which analog is all you need for that project. It should come with software for recording such as WinDVR or something similar.
This is where I got my cheapo version =|c:1427|
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