[Discuss] OT: HD TV capture and bittorrent

[Andrew Willard]

Steven Kurylo wrote:

> My understanding was that you need to hook shaw's box up to your card
> (instead of your TV).  You can then record whatever the shaw's box is
> sending you in HD.

You CAN hook the set-top-box to your computer, you can also record any of the
non-digital channels on your pc as well. But, unless you have a 5c compliant
device to do the recording you will not be able to store the content of the
digital and thus HD channels.

Note: 5c is not encryption... it's just a protection (flag) scheme.

> However the problem is your card can't change the channel - you have
> to change in on Shaw's box.  So you either do it manually, or
> configure your computer to simulate the remote by sending the change
> channel IR signals.

Yah it's called an IR blaster and they work perfectly since I myself use one.