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<blockquote data-quote="justinbyoung" data-source="post: 693686" data-attributes="member: 102511">You are right in some of your assumptions. Yes you can connect your PC to your new TV via HDMI and use MediaPortal to watch and record TV. However Sky makes things a lot more complicated.The HVR-3300 will allow you to tune in FreeviewHD, but will not do what you want for Sky. The sky box does all the work in terms of the tuning etc, so what you need is some way to take the HD signal via the HDMI out of the Sky box into the PC and to then change the channel on the sky box to change channels.I have not done this myself, but I believe this is possible. Changing channels on the Sky box can be done with an IR blaster which basically emulates the remote control by using a small IR transmitter.Getting the picture from the Sky box into the PC is the tricky bit. The HDMI output uses DHCP copy protection to purposely stop people from recording an HD image via HDMI. Thankfully there is a device called the HDFury2 or HDFury3 (new model). This decodes the DHCP from the HDMI and outputs 1080i component. You can then use a Hauppauge HD PVR to import the component signal where Mediaportal can play/record the TV. The HD PVR can also take a spdif signal from the Skybox/HDFury to import 5.1 audio.I hope that is some help and also that the info is accurate as I haven't actually done this myself.-Justin</blockquote>

[QUOTE="justinbyoung, post: 693686, member: 102511"] You are right in some of your assumptions. Yes you can connect your PC to your new TV via HDMI and use MediaPortal to watch and record TV. However Sky makes things a lot more complicated. The HVR-3300 will allow you to tune in FreeviewHD, but will not do what you want for Sky. The sky box does all the work in terms of the tuning etc, so what you need is some way to take the HD signal via the HDMI out of the Sky box into the PC and to then change the channel on the sky box to change channels. I have not done this myself, but I believe this is possible. Changing channels on the Sky box can be done with an IR blaster which basically emulates the remote control by using a small IR transmitter. Getting the picture from the Sky box into the PC is the tricky bit. The HDMI output uses DHCP copy protection to purposely stop people from recording an HD image via HDMI. Thankfully there is a device called the HDFury2 or HDFury3 (new model). This decodes the DHCP from the HDMI and outputs 1080i component. You can then use a Hauppauge HD PVR to import the component signal where Mediaportal can play/record the TV. The HD PVR can also take a spdif signal from the Skybox/HDFury to import 5.1 audio. I hope that is some help and also that the info is accurate as I haven't actually done this myself. -Justin [/QUOTE]

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