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<blockquote data-quote="geov" data-source="post: 252695" data-attributes="member: 26381">Welcome, its always nice seeing a fellow African joining the Forum.&nbsp; Firstly, what you need is an analogue TV-Card with a Hardware Mpeg2 decoder. The &quot;Hauppauge PVR150&quot; is very popular and well supported by MediaPortal. There are a number of newer and better TV-cards, but they usually have more challenges to get them working. Also if you are planning on using the Hauppauge card with a big-screen TV, I would recommend you also buy a good graphics-card that will improve the image quality.Secondly, you would have to buy a remote-control (like the Microsoft MCE Remote) that has remote-blasters that can change the channels on the DSTV-decoder for you. To make the remote blasters work, you will have to install the &quot;MCE Replacement Plugin&quot; or the &quot;IR Server Suite&quot; and teach it your DSTV-Remote commands.Thirdly, you will have to import an &quot;Electronic Program Guide&quot; using an XMLTV-file. If you have the same channels and schedules as we do in South Africa, then you can download the XMLTV-Guide from the following web-site,&nbsp; <a href="http://virgingirl.wordpress.com/download-dstvs-xmltv-files/" target="_blank">XMLTV - DSTV&nbsp; Virgingirl’s Weblog</a> , otherwise you will have to see if you cant find one for Uganda somewhere on the internet.Hope this helps....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="geov, post: 252695, member: 26381"] Welcome, its always nice seeing a fellow African joining the Forum. Firstly, what you need is an analogue TV-Card with a Hardware Mpeg2 decoder. The "Hauppauge PVR150" is very popular and well supported by MediaPortal. There are a number of newer and better TV-cards, but they usually have more challenges to get them working. Also if you are planning on using the Hauppauge card with a big-screen TV, I would recommend you also buy a good graphics-card that will improve the image quality. Secondly, you would have to buy a remote-control (like the Microsoft MCE Remote) that has remote-blasters that can change the channels on the DSTV-decoder for you. To make the remote blasters work, you will have to install the "MCE Replacement Plugin" or the "IR Server Suite" and teach it your DSTV-Remote commands. Thirdly, you will have to import an "Electronic Program Guide" using an XMLTV-file. If you have the same channels and schedules as we do in South Africa, then you can download the XMLTV-Guide from the following web-site, [url=http://virgingirl.wordpress.com/download-dstvs-xmltv-files/]XMLTV - DSTV Virgingirl’s Weblog[/url] , otherwise you will have to see if you cant find one for Uganda somewhere on the internet. Hope this helps.... [/QUOTE]

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