how hard to hook up direct tv receiver to laptop directly?
 

just wondering if anyone here has done it, is it a simple thing?... is there an s video output on the direct-tv receiver and is it just as simple as a cable to the s-video-in port on the laptop and voila, instant tv video?

any special software needed to watch?

am I missing something and it is not so easy?

if you have video card & s video output frm receiver or tv & S video in on your laptop, you should be able to watch it on your laptop.

Never tried that myself. But here is a list of USB TV Tuners on newegg, maybe one of these will do.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...usb +tv+tuner

I have an HP pavilion laptop with an s-video input on it, so I was hoping it would be easy, guess that next I have to find out if the direct-tv receiver's have s-video output on them

they have at least a s-vhs output .. newer have also component out.

My fta boxes all have s-vhs out.

I have a DirecTV receiver hooked up to my desktop using a tv card. I know my old windows laptop had a tv in port that I would plug a coax cable into it and then it would be good to go besides audio if I remember right.

Almost all DirecTV receivers will have an s-video port...

ok, cool.... what software would be needed to watch tv? windows media player? (excuse the dumb question)

too bad u don't have hdmi

s video is only 520 lines

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