media centre tv in the UK
- Thread starter jamesyf
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Yes you need to have sky already or you can pay for an online version,but if you dont have it and have a very close friend or family member that does use there logon details and password
and youll be able to use it-think you can have three pcs linked to a sky account.
and youll be able to use it-think you can have three pcs linked to a sky account.
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You can watch Freeview in media center if your PC has a tuner installed. If your PC has not got 1 there are lots of USB tuners around.
Paul
You can watch Freeview in media center if your PC has a tuner installed. If your PC has not got 1 there are lots of USB tuners around.
Paul
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Hi there
Freeview in the UK works fine with a USB tuner -- I'm currently on contract in the UK (Manchester).
However Daytime TV isn't very good unless you like watching such "Classics" as "Wife Swap USA". -- Day Time TV the world over is probably rubbish.
The BBC channels and Sky News are OK of course.
Media center works fine with Hauppage USB TV tuners - for example 900-HVR --this also has a Composite input so you need the WINTV application supplied -- you can "Video send" a composite signal from a SKY box to a receiver and plug the composite input into the USB device.
That's my ONLY complaint with Media Center -- it doesn't have an AV input unless you get some type of weird remote --which seems a bit pointless if you are on the computer anyway.
The Media center TV guide is pretty good too.
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Cheers
jimbo
Freeview in the UK works fine with a USB tuner -- I'm currently on contract in the UK (Manchester).
However Daytime TV isn't very good unless you like watching such "Classics" as "Wife Swap USA". -- Day Time TV the world over is probably rubbish.
The BBC channels and Sky News are OK of course.
Media center works fine with Hauppage USB TV tuners - for example 900-HVR --this also has a Composite input so you need the WINTV application supplied -- you can "Video send" a composite signal from a SKY box to a receiver and plug the composite input into the USB device.
That's my ONLY complaint with Media Center -- it doesn't have an AV input unless you get some type of weird remote --which seems a bit pointless if you are on the computer anyway.
The Media center TV guide is pretty good too.
Enc pic.
Cheers
jimbo
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Jamesyf,
I've got an Hauppage USB TV tuner and Avermedia HD USB TV tuner and both work great. The HD 1 is wow
, in fact just ordered another 1 for my grandson.
paul
I've got an Hauppage USB TV tuner and Avermedia HD USB TV tuner and both work great. The HD 1 is wow
, in fact just ordered another 1 for my grandson.paul
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