Posted by Gilgamesh on 08/13/07 01:52

"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote in message
news:0t5vb3pvlcncoul804sr5ls4bnimo72fan@4ax.com...
> After discovering that DVD-VHS boxes that record to a hard drive
> were not tb found in the couple of stores I tried, I started
> looking at PC cards that purport to tune TV signals and record
> the material to the PC's hard drive - given an adequate video
> card in the PC.
>
> Some were just cards that go into the PC, others were separate
> units that connected to the PC via USB2.
>
> What they all had in common was scheduling software and verbiage
> in the product descriptions that sounded like they only work with
> cable.
>
> If cable-specific, I'd guess it's something about the software
> they supply to do timed recordings... metadata blocks or whatever
> on the signal from which the sw can extract program names,
> channel numbers, or whatever.
>
> Does this sound right so far?
>
> Does anybody know if there's any hope of using a PC to record TV
> shows with just rabbit ears? i.e. without cable...

All you need is a digital tuner card for your PC.
There are many available.
Try looking at www.htpcnews.com
(Home Theatre PC)

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> PeteCresswell

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