No, you still hook your satellite box to the PC's tuner (Coax, S-Video, Composite) by whatever connection is compatible between the two. Media Center then controls the set top box. See
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ualtuners.mspx
for a good tutorial on setting up two STB's with dual tuners. Its easily adaptable for one tuner/set top box, but will give you a good idea of how cable/satellite setups work.
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"TS Mathews" <> wrote in message news:RQMrg.133688$771.35730@edtnps89...
> Hi all,
> Apologies is this question has been answered but, if so, I couldn't find
> it. I'm about to buy a Media Centre system (probably HP) and seeing lots of
> comments about multiple recording/viewing features I'm wondering how capable
> the computer system is. Living in Canada, I use Bell
> ExpressVu--satellite--and wonder if I'm limited to whatever my receiver
> (meaning from the dish) is tuned to or does the new computer system--or it's
> software--have a tuner which can take the signal directly from the dish and
> act as a receiver?
>
> Anyone know?
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
>
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