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