You really should check Mediaportal out. It does tv server-multiple clients, clients can all schedule recordings and watch recorded shows/pictures/music/radio from the server and SOOOOO much more ;) fanboy? Oh yes!
DVB-T cards are available with a CI slot so you can use Top-Up TV, has anyone ever?
You can also plug your cable/$ky decoder into an analogue card and have Microsoft's MCE remote (or many other remotes) control your decoder manually or through scheduled recordings.
Viewing encrypted $ky broadcasts is possible using a FireDTV/FloppyDTV with the DragonCam and a valid $ky subscription card (which needs to be inserted into its paired $ky box about every 3 months). As I don't have a $ky subscription, or indeed view any of $ky's offerings, I feel I can suggest what a person might do in order to watch encrypted $ky broadcasts though hasten to add that this may indeed break their T&C's. If so, go the analogue card/IR blaster route.
Viewing FTA satellite broadcasts is simply a matter of plugging the coax into the back of the DVB-S card. If you want to watch the FTV channels too, you may require a FreeSat from $ky card (£20 I believe) and a DVB-S card with a CI slot, there are some available, see Mediaportals website for a list of their hardware requirements, which specifies whether the hardware has a CI slot. Some cards also provide enough power to be DISEqC compliant and can therefore control a motorised satellite dish so you can wean yourselves from the Murdoch feed (fodder?).
$ky, tch, fancy paying a subscription AND having to watch adverts.
Oh yeah, Mediaportals EPG beats anyone elses hands down (after some tinkering)
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You really should check Mediaportal out. It does tv server-multiple clients, clients can all schedule recordings and watch recorded shows/pictures/music/radio from the server and SOOOOO much more ;) fanboy? Oh yes!
DVB-T cards are available with a CI slot so you can use Top-Up TV, has anyone ever?
You can also plug your cable/$ky decoder into an analogue card and have Microsoft's MCE remote (or many other remotes) control your decoder manually or through scheduled recordings.
Viewing encrypted $ky broadcasts is possible using a FireDTV/FloppyDTV with the DragonCam and a valid $ky subscription card (which needs to be inserted into its paired $ky box about every 3 months). As I don't have a $ky subscription, or indeed view any of $ky's offerings, I feel I can suggest what a person might do in order to watch encrypted $ky broadcasts though hasten to add that this may indeed break their T&C's. If so, go the analogue card/IR blaster route.
Viewing FTA satellite broadcasts is simply a matter of plugging the coax into the back of the DVB-S card. If you want to watch the FTV channels too, you may require a FreeSat from $ky card (£20 I believe) and a DVB-S card with a CI slot, there are some available, see Mediaportals website for a list of their hardware requirements, which specifies whether the hardware has a CI slot. Some cards also provide enough power to be DISEqC compliant and can therefore control a motorised satellite dish so you can wean yourselves from the Murdoch feed (fodder?).
$ky, tch, fancy paying a subscription AND having to watch adverts.
Oh yeah, Mediaportals EPG beats anyone elses hands down (after some tinkering)