[sllug-members]: PCTV PCI HD Tuner card

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I've been working with my Dish DVR for some time and learned (from Dish) 
that the USB device is disabled until an external hard drive is 
connected.  I guess they don't understand USB very well but with that in 
mind, I don't think you're going to get very far with that port if they 
are locking it down somehow.

If there is a way to connect the USB / Firewire ports to a computer to 
pull down the shows I'd be interested in it.  So far I've had to play 
them to my Myth TV server in order to get them off the DVR.  Sucks but 
it works :D



Christopher Hogan wrote:
> Thanks for the reply Brad.
> 
> My current setup uses a Dish Network DVR connected to the HD3000 via
> S-Video. I also watch OTA HD Digital from a roof-top antenna. The DVR
> I currently have from Dish is not high definition. I've been thinking
> of upgrading. It does have a USB connection that should support
> connecting an external hard drive (using the ext2 file system).
> However, I haven't been able to get that to work.
> 
> I primarily use this setup to watch TV, though I do record shows to
> the computer if the DVR gets too full. I don't really have any
> information on how Dish Network's HD receiver connects to a HDTV. I
> was wondering if it worked like traditional TV, where the receiver
> broadcasts on a given frequency (in this case High Definition Digital)
> to the Television via the antenna connection. If not, am I then
> limited to the S-Video connection for Live  TV? I don't recall S-Video
> supporting High Definition.
> 
> I'd assume that any firewire connection on a Dish receiver would only
> be for copying recorded shows to the computer. Or does this connection
> allow you to use the Dish Receiver as a DVB device? Is it supported
> under Linux?
> 
> My current interest is live HDTV. Recording to the computer is a side benefit.
> 
>