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
Please Help with my set top box problem
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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.
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.
Another option is the HD PVR Product overview
You can watch and record HD on your PC or laptop from your Dish VIP receiver.
You can watch and record HD on your PC or laptop from your Dish VIP receiver.
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.
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.
