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Old 08-14-2009, 02:08 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by MickMcGeough View Post
If you've got a Motorola HD cable box (non-PVR), you can use the firewire output to stream all* the channels to your PC. Almost anything can read the stream (i.e. VLC), and you can use Cap-DVHS or something like that for straight recording.

The best setup I've done is a SageTV HD-PVR PC. It's the ultimate HD-PVR, IMO. It can stream TV to other devices (web browser, client PC, extender box) and is just way more powerful than Windows Media Center.

*I've only found a couple that don't work. Unfortunately for me that includes the NFL Network. All the HD channels (including PPV) work via firewire.
How difficult is it to set up the firewire configuration, software wise? Do you have to install additional plug-ins, drivers, etc, or is it all built-in to Sage?
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