How do I connect my Comcast Digital cable box to my desktop pc ?? Mr.Bill 10/9/2008 6:46:00 PM Is there a way to connect Comcast cable to my desktop pc ?? .. I would like to be able to record from cable directly to my hard drive, and in reverse, be able to pick from a 'library' off my hard drive to watch movies .... I have: Display Adapter: ATI Technologies / All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500 DCT6200 Comcast digital cable box Lynksys WRT54G v2.2 router The back of the cable box has an Ethernet jack .. would I use that via the router to connect to my pc, or would the pc connect via coax cable to the back of the cable box ?? ... I've got no clue, so any and all help will be very much appreciated ..

Re: How do I connect my Comcast Digital cable box to my desktop pc ?? Barb Bowman <barb[ at ]nospam.com> 10/9/2008 8:22:16 PM what version of windows are you running? do you have a TV tuner? Below you list the video card driver, but if you want to use Media Center on Vista, you need a tuner. If you are not using Vista, you would need Media Center 2005, etc. On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:46:00 -0700, Mr.Bill <Mr.Bill[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Is there a way to connect Comcast cable to my desktop pc ?? .. I would like >to be able to record from cable directly to my hard drive, and in reverse, be >able to pick from a 'library' off my hard drive to watch movies .... > >I have: >Display Adapter: ATI Technologies / All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500 >DCT6200 Comcast digital cable box >Lynksys WRT54G v2.2 router > >The back of the cable box has an Ethernet jack .. would I use that via the >router to connect to my pc, or would the pc connect via coax cable to the >back of the cable box ?? ... > > >I've got no clue, so any and all help will be very much appreciated .. -- Barb Bowman MS-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com

Re: How do I connect my Comcast Digital cable box to my desktop pc Mr.Bill 10/9/2008 8:54:01 PM I have Windows XP, and the ATI WDM TV Tuner (whatever that means) ... "Barb Bowman" wrote: [Quoted Text] > what version of windows are you running? do you have a TV tuner? > Below you list the video card driver, but if you want to use Media > Center on Vista, you need a tuner. If you are not using Vista, you > would need Media Center 2005, etc. > > On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:46:00 -0700, Mr.Bill > <Mr.Bill[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >Is there a way to connect Comcast cable to my desktop pc ?? .. I would like > >to be able to record from cable directly to my hard drive, and in reverse, be > >able to pick from a 'library' off my hard drive to watch movies .... > > > >I have: > >Display Adapter: ATI Technologies / All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500 > >DCT6200 Comcast digital cable box > >Lynksys WRT54G v2.2 router > > > >The back of the cable box has an Ethernet jack .. would I use that via the > >router to connect to my pc, or would the pc connect via coax cable to the > >back of the cable box ?? ... > > > > > >I've got no clue, so any and all help will be very much appreciated .. > -- > > Barb Bowman > MS-MVP > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx > http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ > http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com >

Re: How do I connect my Comcast Digital cable box to my desktop pc Barb Bowman <barb[ at ]nospam.com> 10/9/2008 9:19:14 PM If you are not specifically running Windows Media Center or Vista, you will need third party software. The info below is probably a driver designation, not actual hardware version. Not much we can do for you here since this newsgroup is strictly for Windows Media Center and specifically Digital Cable Tuners for cablecard for watching/recording HD. If you don't have Media Center, there are probably third party apps you can use. Maybe Beyond TV from Snapstream or something similar. On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:54:01 -0700, Mr.Bill <MrBill[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I have Windows XP, and the ATI WDM TV Tuner (whatever that means) ... > >"Barb Bowman" wrote: > >> what version of windows are you running? do you have a TV tuner? >> Below you list the video card driver, but if you want to use Media >> Center on Vista, you need a tuner. If you are not using Vista, you >> would need Media Center 2005, etc. >> >> On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:46:00 -0700, Mr.Bill >> <Mr.Bill[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >Is there a way to connect Comcast cable to my desktop pc ?? .. I would like >> >to be able to record from cable directly to my hard drive, and in reverse, be >> >able to pick from a 'library' off my hard drive to watch movies .... >> > >> >I have: >> >Display Adapter: ATI Technologies / All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500 >> >DCT6200 Comcast digital cable box >> >Lynksys WRT54G v2.2 router >> > >> >The back of the cable box has an Ethernet jack .. would I use that via the >> >router to connect to my pc, or would the pc connect via coax cable to the >> >back of the cable box ?? ... >> > >> > >> >I've got no clue, so any and all help will be very much appreciated .. >> -- >> >> Barb Bowman >> MS-MVP >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx >> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ >> http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com >> -- Barb Bowman MS-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com