very cool Jerrod, I've got the Hauppauge but Dishnetwork instead of 
DirecTV - d'oh!

Brad what I do with good ol' dishnetwork is separately program the dish 
receiver to switch
to the right channel at the right time, run a direct cable from 
receiver (it has 2 sets of outputs)
to computer, and then separately set timer on computer app.  Recently I 
got VNC going and
router table settings so that I can "channel" the PC from home to 
record something, but I can't
seem to get the telepathy thing going to control the Dish channels on 
the receiver...



On Apr 14, 2004, at 4:42 PM, Jerrod Howard wrote:

> You can buy a Hauppage PVR-250 and buy BeyondTV 3 from Snapstream. The 
> Snapstream software has programming for cable access as well as direct 
> tv, and the PVR-250 interfaces with it very well. You can get the 
> PVR-250 for $150 local, maybe less on the internet. You can get 
> BeyondTV on the internet for ~$40 or so. It's what I use at home and I 
> know for sure it has DirecTV programming you can download.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Pazoureck [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:06 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Non work related, but computer related
>
>
> Does anyone out there use direct tv or dish for cable access and use a 
> capture card in the PC to capture it with?  I have moved to non cox 
> supported area and am getting ready to get it setup and have a few 
> questions about controlling the tuner.  My understanding is that it 
> can't be controlled though the PC like it was on Cox.  If you program 
> a show to be recorded then the tuner will have to be manually set and 
> left on the channel before the recording takes place.  Well just 
> seeing if anyone else has run into this....
>
> Brad