I'm getting ready to order a Dish Network system with two tuners - one for the living room TV and one to hook up to my PC computer.
1) My PC has an ATI All-In-Wonder video card, so I assume all I need to do to watch TV from the satellite is hook up the S-Video output on the receiver to the S-Video input on my video card (and the audio cables as well). Is this correct?
2) I'm assuming the above is the right way to hook it up because the ATI video card does not have a *digital* tuner, and thus can not tune the channels directly if I bypassed the receiver. And I assume the S-Video output will be better than using the Coax output/input from the receiver to PC card, right?
3) Recording. So, I would make sure the receiver is on the right channel and then set my PC card to capture at the appropriate time to record the TV show. This will be acceptable, but I was wondering if there is a better way to do this, perhaps with the ability to record different shows while I am away. Of course, this would require the ability to change channels on the satellite receiver without me being there. Is this possible?
Is it possible to program the satellite receiver to change channels at specific times? If so, then I could easily set my PC to record at different times and program the receiver to go to the right channel during those times. ???
4) If that is not possible, how about if I decide to get a DVR with my Dish Network? I know I'll be paying 4 or 5 dollars more per month, but I would be able to record shows directly to the receiver, right? Then I could just play back the show from the DVR to my PC (using S-Video again, I assume) and record the already-recorded show from the DVR to the PC. I'm wonder about the recording quality, though. Or is there a way to transfer the recorded programs on the DVR directly to the PC without having to capture it analog?
Sorry if this is long, but I want to get this down before I order the system! I just want to be able to record TV on my PC so I can edit out commercials, write the shows to DVD for archiving, etc... So any recommendations on the best way to do this would be most helpful.
Thanks,
Travis
1) My PC has an ATI All-In-Wonder video card, so I assume all I need to do to watch TV from the satellite is hook up the S-Video output on the receiver to the S-Video input on my video card (and the audio cables as well). Is this correct?
2) I'm assuming the above is the right way to hook it up because the ATI video card does not have a *digital* tuner, and thus can not tune the channels directly if I bypassed the receiver. And I assume the S-Video output will be better than using the Coax output/input from the receiver to PC card, right?
3) Recording. So, I would make sure the receiver is on the right channel and then set my PC card to capture at the appropriate time to record the TV show. This will be acceptable, but I was wondering if there is a better way to do this, perhaps with the ability to record different shows while I am away. Of course, this would require the ability to change channels on the satellite receiver without me being there. Is this possible?
Is it possible to program the satellite receiver to change channels at specific times? If so, then I could easily set my PC to record at different times and program the receiver to go to the right channel during those times. ???
4) If that is not possible, how about if I decide to get a DVR with my Dish Network? I know I'll be paying 4 or 5 dollars more per month, but I would be able to record shows directly to the receiver, right? Then I could just play back the show from the DVR to my PC (using S-Video again, I assume) and record the already-recorded show from the DVR to the PC. I'm wonder about the recording quality, though. Or is there a way to transfer the recorded programs on the DVR directly to the PC without having to capture it analog?
Sorry if this is long, but I want to get this down before I order the system! I just want to be able to record TV on my PC so I can edit out commercials, write the shows to DVD for archiving, etc... So any recommendations on the best way to do this would be most helpful.
Thanks,
Travis