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Can MediaPortal work as a PVR for Satellite Boxes like DirecTV?
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<blockquote data-quote="ejkeebler" data-source="post: 639967" data-attributes="member: 65793"><p>Ok I am considering making the jump to direct tv from basic cable. From reading a few threads it seems there are a few people doing it, and my question is not how do you do it, but how does it fit together.</p><p></p><p>I mean from reading this thread it seems like I really won't even be able to tell I have the directv box connected to my machine, but I don't exactly understand how.</p><p></p><p>I'm guessing it works basically like this:</p><p></p><p>the box is connected and media portal really only has 1 channel it can record from. However you add the guide data, select a channel, media portal changes the direct tv channel (through some serial connection) accordingly, but really is still just that one channel it sees? Does this mean if I would need to get 2 boxes setup to record 2 channels at once? Also is the recording and playback in HD?</p><p></p><p>If this is the case, I think I can just skip getting the HD-DVR's?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ejkeebler, post: 639967, member: 65793"] Ok I am considering making the jump to direct tv from basic cable. From reading a few threads it seems there are a few people doing it, and my question is not how do you do it, but how does it fit together. I mean from reading this thread it seems like I really won't even be able to tell I have the directv box connected to my machine, but I don't exactly understand how. I'm guessing it works basically like this: the box is connected and media portal really only has 1 channel it can record from. However you add the guide data, select a channel, media portal changes the direct tv channel (through some serial connection) accordingly, but really is still just that one channel it sees? Does this mean if I would need to get 2 boxes setup to record 2 channels at once? Also is the recording and playback in HD? If this is the case, I think I can just skip getting the HD-DVR's? [/QUOTE]
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