I have a media center pc that I built with the ATI All in Wonder Card. Can i connect this to a Direct TV reciever and record content? Is there a better capture card that will interface with my Samsung SIR - TS 160 and my pc with media center? I am not using the DVI out to my TV as my media center pc is using it to connect to my Samsung DLP TV. I want to be able to record the HDTV content as well. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.....
Hi there, I'm in Australia, so I don't know anything about DirecTV, but I know a bit about Windows Media Center PC's. From what I know, there's two ways you can do this. One ways is using the inputs on the tuner (either video or aerial input) and setting up the directv box as a STB in media center, and you'll have full control over it. The other way is using a firewire hack that a fellow named Tim over at the green button forums came up with. I think the advantage of the firewire option is better video quality coming into the MCE box. So I'd head over to www.thegreenbutton.com and start reading through the forums there, they're pretty extensive. You'll find everything you're after if you search a bit (or a lot, their search function doesn't work too well, lol). Cheers.
