how to set up TV on Win Vista Media Center?
I have 32 Bit Windows Vista Home Prem SP1. With Win Media Center I am trying to view TV programming on my PC using its own monitor as the TV display. This is a multimedia desktop (HP Paviliion) so it has all the goodies.
Before I proceed, I do NOT have cable, no satellite. With my regular TVs I get my programming from my rabbit ears. Also I’ve been hearing about a desktop box which I clearly don’t have.
So the question is, is there some way I can see TV programming on my PC with just regular TV antennas or do I need special antennas or this infamous desktop bo?. Cable and satellite are not options. Help!
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Good luck—Vista wouldn’t operate my HDTV tuner, it trashed my printer, won’t work with my camcorder, and just about any other program/application.
It’ll operate it for a week or two, then crash, and then crash anytime I try to operate any of my accessories. They all worked perfectly with XP. It would seem that Microsoft designed Vista to make everything obsolete, requiring repurchasing everything, and they apparently don’t intend to correct this.
Once they have their money, they don’t care about the customer.
I’m going back to XP, and the next computer I buy will be a MAC.
Microsoft has missed the boat.
Have you seen the "Mohave" commercials? They operated a Vista system for a couple of hours, but if those people had to use Vista for a couple of weeks to a month, they certainly wouldn’t have the same opinion.
Vista is crap.
About Vista - Wow thats why there are more vista users than Mac users because nothing works. I’ve got more than 50 different computers running vista perfectly much better than XP. Media Center in vista is amazing and can do local over the Air HD but you need an HD antennas try an indoor one but the outdoor work much better.
yes just plug some antennas into the TV card in the back of the computer if it does have one go buy one.
Once you’ve done this start up Media Center and run the tv setup.
It’s that easy, you can run the TV setup over and over so no worries just do it.
We have 4 Xbox 360’s running of one computer with 2 TV cards on cable works great!!!!
buy a usb tv tuner. i had pctv pro stick digital tuner card but sold it when i got cable in my room.
it picks up local analog and digital channels(if available in your area). and you can replace the additional antenna with your bunny ears if that makes you happy.
i wouldn’t recommend it if you only have analog channels in your area.
i wouldn’t recommend tapping on your neighbor’s cable either…