Vista Media Centre

Goberpiles316 · 17 Feb 2007 at 11:22

Does anyone know of a decent cheap card to get the best from media centre for the tv part, am I right in thinking I can record tv via my PC with Vista?

ScoobyDoo · 17 Feb 2007 at 12:34

Yeah you can record tv onto your pc using media centre.
You need a media centre compat tv card basically.

Something cheap like this is what ive got and it works great..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-027-HA

Ive now got a VirginMedia + box (sky+) basically so i dont use the media centre pc to record tv anymore, but i use it to record programs off the V+ box and then i can burn them to dvd

tinners · 17 Feb 2007 at 12:37

ScoobyDoo said:
Yeah you can record tv onto your pc using media centre.
You need a media centre compat tv card basically.

Something cheap like this is what ive got and it works great..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-027-HA

Ive now got a VirginMedia + box (sky+) basically so i dont use the media centre pc to record tv anymore, but i use it to record programs off the V+ box and then i can burn them to dvd

If you want to just hook it up to your sky box get the PVR150 as above. (svideo to svideo)
If you want to get freeview on it, get a decent aerial and one of these
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-032-HA
you can then watch one channel and record another at the same time.

wiggyuk · 17 Feb 2007 at 13:17

is windows vista and vista media two seperate programs ?

ic1male · 17 Feb 2007 at 13:23

Windows Visa is the operating system. Windows Media Center runs on top of Vista.

squiffy · 17 Feb 2007 at 13:23

Vista is the OS. Vista Media Centre is just a HTPC front end application that's included.

wiggyuk · 17 Feb 2007 at 13:35

I dont have media centre on my Vista ?

squiffy · 17 Feb 2007 at 13:38

wiggyuk said:
I dont have media centre on my Vista ?

What version of Vista? I know it comes with Ultimate.

cuke2u · 17 Feb 2007 at 14:11

Hi, and with Home Premium too, I think that's about it...
ChrisC

PinkPig · 17 Feb 2007 at 14:12

squiffy said:
What version of Vista? I know it comes with Ultimate.

Windows Media Centre comes with Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate. It doesn't come with Windows Vista Home Basic or Windows Vista Business. (Obviously it's also a crucial part of Windows XP Media Centre Edition)

It's an application that's included and integrated with Windows.