» Sun May 13, 2012 12:36 pm
You'll need a TV Tuner card. You plug your TV service into there (cable, antenna, set top box, whatever you use for TV), and then you'll need to configure Windows Media Center (Windows), MythTV (Linux, Mac) or mplayer (cross-platform) to use the TV tuner. With Windows Media Center and MythTV you can use it as a full-functioned DVR, whereas mplayer is more of a TV window option with mild recording capabilities. Of them all, Windows Media Center is the simplest to set up and instructions are readily available.
As for a TV Tuner card, hauppauge ones are usually of good quality.