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Windows MCE and DirecTV

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thegpfury

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Ok, so my roommates decided to upgrade us to DirecTV. The problem is that the guy is coming over later today to install the cable box, and I just realized that I have no idea how to hook it up, or if it's even possible to hook it up to my MCE computer.

We've been running Windows 7 MCE with a Hauppage dual tuner to timeshift and all that good stuff. I was looking around online to see whether or not this would be possible and I'm finding a lot of conflicting articles.

I know that I can't do it in HD, which is fine, I can live without the HD. But, based on what I'm reading, I won't be able to use MCE's scheduled recording options and stuff. Is that true?

How can I hook it up, and what should I expect?

Thanks,
 
not sure if this is what you are looking for but if you have the dtv box hooked to ethernet, you can schedule stuff online thru dtv's website..

EDIT: I even do it with my blackberry..
 
Alright, but I can't use the MCE interface for it? I already have a really nice system setup, and it seems silly to have to bounce between my system and the DTV box.
 
You would need a video capture card that has composite/svid/component in to hook your box up, then use an IR flasher to change the channels via MCE. Or you could get a HAVA box that would allow the tuner to reside on your network so that any computer could use it as an MCE tuner.
 
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