* Posts by Gary Conroy

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How to watch TV on your PC

Gary Conroy

Theoretically...

Glad it was so painless for you guys.

I spent a couple of months wrestling with Vista Media Center and the dual Yuan TV tuners in my Acer Idea 510. Despite umpteen software combinations, I could find no way of getting it to recognise the tuners. Searching around the web, I've discovered that this is a common issue. Works beautifully in XP MCE, though, I'm told.

I have now given up and purchased Beyond TV which worked straight out of the box. With a couple of bits of freeware, I can use the Radio Times TV guide and with a low-cost bit of hardware can actually get it to work as a PVR.

I just wish I didn't have to fork out that extra £100 and spend hours of hair-tearing experimentation to get it to do something that it should just 'do.'