Step-By-Step: Turn Your PC Into a PVR

PC World's got a great article on turning your PC into a PVR.

It's a great way to dip your toe into the world of PVRs, since most modern PCs have plenty of horsepower to record TV. All you need is a TV tuner (and a lot of newer PCs come with them) and a little software. Unless you have a special setup, you'll likely run into the classic problem of how to comfortably watch TV on your PC, but it's a good cheap way to try out the technology before committing to a TiVo or ReplayTV unit.

Comments

[AndrewConnell]

Great link... now what I'd like to see is some real world blogs of how people set their's up if they had DirecTV as you can't change the channels from the card... only from the receiver.

[rampy]

I've got a little community setup to discuss just that Andrew... (ed. note: linked off name in sig)

fwiw you can control a satellite box much in the same way as you would with a Tivo... either via IRblaster and software OR via serial cable (witness DirecTV Serial Control Utility - Control your DirecTV® satellite receiver with your computer

*shrug* I hope that helps!

[brown ashleigh]

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