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<blockquote data-quote="Dhanu" data-source="post: 191390" data-attributes="member: 58141">Hi Everyone,I'm considering building myself a DVR, but before buying the stuff needed like capture card, etc.. I would like to get some things clarified and make sure that I will be able to use it.- I'm in a University apartment and cable is provided from the university. There is no such thing as a cable box or anything. Every apartment has a coaxial cable and you just plug it in to the TV.- Zap2it program guide is there in channel 12.- My TV is a regular TV (nothing fancy). It has the normal ports (white/red/yellow) to connect a DVD player and the port for coaxial cable.So my questions are as follows.- I downloaded the XMLTV guide but seems like it doesn't match the programs that are on my cable. Is there a national standard for channel numbers? (for an example I get Animal planet on ch102, FX on ch101. is it the same for anyone else in USA?)- I'm in central time zone. do i have to configure it any where in Media portal?-How does the connectivity thing works? Do i connect the coaxial cable to the capture card and connect the TV to my VGA card?- If so I always needs to keep the PC running even to watch a live show. right?Is it possible to record a program on another channelThanks everyone in advance <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dhanu, post: 191390, member: 58141"] Hi Everyone, I'm considering building myself a DVR, but before buying the stuff needed like capture card, etc.. I would like to get some things clarified and make sure that I will be able to use it. - I'm in a University apartment and cable is provided from the university. There is no such thing as a cable box or anything. Every apartment has a coaxial cable and you just plug it in to the TV. - Zap2it program guide is there in channel 12. - My TV is a regular TV (nothing fancy). It has the normal ports (white/red/yellow) to connect a DVD player and the port for coaxial cable. So my questions are as follows. - I downloaded the XMLTV guide but seems like it doesn't match the programs that are on my cable. Is there a national standard for channel numbers? (for an example I get Animal planet on ch102, FX on ch101. is it the same for anyone else in USA?) - I'm in central time zone. do i have to configure it any where in Media portal? -How does the connectivity thing works? Do i connect the coaxial cable to the capture card and connect the TV to my VGA card? - If so I always needs to keep the PC running even to watch a live show. right? Is it possible to record a program on another channel Thanks everyone in advance :thx: [/QUOTE]

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