Good Day,
I hope this hasn't been asked a million times before, and if it has, could somebody direct to the right spot?
Anyways, I will be interested in setting up a HTPC in the next little bit and would be interested in getting a Video Card with TV PVR (or TIVO whatever you want to call it) support.
Right now I have a 50" Samsung DLP and I'm paying Rogers (my cable company) to have a box for HDTV. The box I rent from Rogers is Scientic Atlanta Explorer (I think - I'm a newbie! ). Although I rent the Rogers Box and I pay monthly for it, I know very little of HD technology.
Can any box, or in my case my HTPC, act as the terminal? Will I have to continue to pay Rogers for the HD access? Or do I pay basic cable? More Importantly, how would the setup look like in my case (Cable in from Wall, into Cable Terminal, into HTPC, into AVR, into TV ???)
Many thanks!
Update 30 minutes later...
Nevermind, I've answered my own question
http://www.linuxis.us/linux/media/howto/linux-htpc/tuner_cards.html