Please Help with my set top box problem

[pomopwner]

Ok, so I just purchased a tv tuner card so that I can view tv on my pc. My only problem is that my computer is in the room that has tv 2 in it and doesn't have the set-top box. This tv tuner card will only accept satellite tv signals through an S-video or composite cable cord. So, is there any way to make this work other than to run a really long composite video cord from my room to the set-top box or to move my computer to the room with the set-top box in it? Do you guys have any ideas that I haven't thought of? Thanks

 

[TheKrell]

Yeah. Get a TV tuner card that actually has a tuner! These days it will probably be a hybrid NTSC/ATSC card. Also watch out for ATSC-only tuner cards or sticks, since your receiver can only put out NTSC video.

 

[Cold Irons]

The other option would be to put an old VCR in the room, hook the TV2 coax from the DVR to this VCR & use the VCR's composite output.

 

[mike123abc]

Another option is the HD PVR Product overview

You can watch and record HD on your PC or laptop from your Dish VIP receiver.

 

[pomopwner]

Thanks for all the replies, But I have one more problem. I brought the computer into the room with the set-top box in it just to test it out and when I tried to set up live tv in windows media center it said that I didn't have an IR receiver that would work with this set-top box. Does this mean that I need to go buy a better IR receiver for my computer? The tuner card came with one but apparently that doesn't work. I am completely unfamiliar with this kind of hardware so any info is helpful.

 

[TheKrell]

I think that's Media Center complaining about the IR receiver in your tuner card. I bought a cheap Media Center IR remote (and receiver) from Ebay to get past this confusing hurdle.