watching tv on a pc

[sharpcroft]

Hi all, first post in yonks so go gentle :_)
Since the demise of my Eurovox box with the introduction of N3 i havnt really bothered checking out the state of play.
Looking around i have discovered Kryptview etc that do a similar job to the Eurovox albeit via servers/card sharing.
Question is, is there anything similar that runs on a pc via a DVB-C card or similar?
Its for my spare room thats been converted into a games/gym room, would be nice to have a feed in there (i already have the pc in there with a 22" monitor and v*rgin bb) but could do without having to have an extra tuner box stuck next to the pc.

If not, the pc monitor has hdmi and scart input so i COULD resort to a star/kryp box but dont really want to unless its the only option.

If its any help, i could also run a single satellite feed from a S*y dish if its possible to do the above but with a S*k feed.

Thanks, Sharpcroft

[unadkat]

Originally Posted by sharpcroft

Hi all, first post in yonks so go gentle :_)
Since the demise of my Eurovox box with the introduction of N3 i havnt really bothered checking out the state of play.
Looking around i have discovered Kryptview etc that do a similar job to the Eurovox albeit via servers/card sharing.
Question is, is there anything similar that runs on a pc via a DVB-C card or similar?
Its for my spare room thats been converted into a games/gym room, would be nice to have a feed in there (i already have the pc in there with a 22" monitor and Virgin bb) but could do without having to have an extra tuner box stuck next to the pc.

If not, the pc monitor has hdmi and scart input so i COULD resort to a star/kryp box but dont really want to unless its the only option.

If its any help, i could also run a single satellite feed from a Sky dish if its possible to do the above but with a S*k feed.

Thanks, Sharpcroft

you can do it with sly but it wont be free as you will be liable to pay a sub to the guys who own a server. There is plenty of DVB S cards around.. One I used was the WIN nova S + card from hauppage I believe that's how it is spelt, worked a charm.

You will need a run a another cable from the dish and into the sat card in order for this too work.

[paulr783]

depends on the channels u want to receive
if its sports then try downloading (via google ) nagra 3 toolbar
its very good