I have a new directv plus reciever w/ dvr ability and an external usb port.
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Get a video capture box for a VCR to PC connection.  This will work well with the DVR as well.  I'm not sure if that USB port can stream content from your DVR but the capture box will do the trick very nicely.
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Does your laptop have USB ports?  Does it have a decent graphics card?  That's probably all you need.  Search for "usb tv tuner" and you'll come across several.  I have the WinTV-USB external tv tuner made by Hauppauge, and it works great.  I can watch tv, record shows, schedule recordings, and it even scans  for active channels (works with basic and digital cable, as well as regular tv).  \n\nI have an HP Pavilion dv5000 laptop, but didn't get the one built-in, because it was expensive.  I bought the tuner at Circuit City back in May for about $50 after a $30 rebate.  It was great for when we moved, because we could still watch tv on the laptop while we waited on our television to arrive!  \n\nYou can even get tuners that come with remotes, though I didn't opt for that when I bought mine; I just change the channels on the computer.  \n\nOther options include pcmcia tv tuners (plugs into the pc card slot on the laptop if it has one, search for "pcmcia tv tuner" online) and express card tv tuners (plugs into the express card slot on newer laptops that have that type of slot).  You might also try searching for "laptop tv tuner" or "external tv tuner" and see what you come up with that way. \n\nGood luck!
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plz dont waste ur time on winmodems. external serial modems(even not usb) works fine.
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You would need to purchase something called a TV Tuner Card.  Some of them come with remote controls and decent ones usually cost, at most, about $30.  If you have a laptop or you don't have an available PCI slot to install it, you can get external USB TV Tuner Cards, as well.\n\nSome graphics cards come with NTSC and Digital tuners built in.  You do not necessarily need to replace the entire graphics card.  \n\nHere's a cheap internal PCI one with a remote\n\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1698860&CatId=1427\n\nHere is an external.  They are generally more expensive.\n\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1961041&CatId=0
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Dish Network had a free installation and a free DVR upgrade. I couldn't live without my DVR and you shouldn't either.
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put a t.v. on top of your computer
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I found a webs site on how to connect your TVor stereo to your PC! / Computer A/V convergence
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you need a video card for your computer with a/v out
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VirtualDub should do the job (and its free)
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There are Few Devices you can get that are out there on the market that would help you do that.\n\nMy favorite one is http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1221030&CatId=1427\n\nHere are few others u want to read about\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=674680&CatId=0\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1699056&CatId=0\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=108029&CatId=0\n\n\nThose are just some of the things that are on the market that would help you with that.\n\nAll you do is plug one of the above devices, and u record a TV show on your Hard Drive then u use Nero or any other buring program and u burn the data on a DVD so u can watch is later.
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special tip just for you dude! do not unplug or swith off the mains of your box, just leave it on standby everytime coz they get updated automatically whenever there is a new free channels, codes  whatever. (you swith it off the mains you loose data  updates.......then problems for you to get new free channel from your older box) *trust me*
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Yes of Course you need to install a tv-tuner card in it.
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you need a tv tuner card, if you dont have one install one or you can get an external card that allows you to have the computer recieve satellite signal.   heres a good link on the explanation of the external tv tuner:  http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/external-pc-tv-theor/index.html
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you put it in your usb port
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You have to have a television with an audio out that will connect to the line in of your computer. If you have the audio of the your television running through your stereo reciever like I do, then you can take the audio out from the receiver. The sound recorder application that comes with Windows may not record as long as you need it to, however. Fortunately, ]there are many freeware and shareware programs out there to address this situation.\n\nThomas\nwww.yourhomestudio.com\n\n\nFree Home Studio Newsletter - addme@yourhomestudio.com
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a video card with tv out and a cable to hook them together  s video, rca cable
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CHECK AND SEE IF YOUR USB PORT IS WORKING