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Microsoft And DirecTV Beta Testing DirecTV PC Tuners

Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 by MegaZone

DirecTV’s HDPC-20 tuner card for Windows Media Center has been vaporware for a couple of years, but after a sighting in January it looks like it is slowing moving toward release with a beta program. EngadgetHD has a screen capture … Continue reading →

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DirecTV’s PC Tuner Moving Out Of The Vapor

Posted on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 by MegaZone

Earl Bonovich, a DBSTalk moderator and a reliable source in the past, has posted front and back scans of the product brochure for DirecTV’s new HDPC-20. This is a dual-tuner satellite receiver which will connect with a Windows Vista Media … Continue reading →

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Vista TiVo Gadget Updated, Allows Downloads

Posted on Monday, December 24, 2007 by MegaZone

Reader Richard Hay contacted me again to let me know that the TiVo Gadget for Windows Vista has been updated to v1.0.2 and now allows downloading shows from the TiVo via the simple expedient of clicking on the title of … Continue reading →

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DirectTV Vista Media Center PCs May Yet Appear

Posted on Friday, December 21, 2007 by MegaZone

Remember when Microsoft and DirecTV announced that they were developing tuner modules and the associated software that would allow vendors to sell Vista-based Media Center PCs with built-in DirecTV support? No? Well, I can’t blame you, since it was at … Continue reading →

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A TiVo Gadget for Windows Vista

Posted on Sunday, December 2, 2007 by MegaZone

Reader Richard Hay sent me a tip on a new TiVo Gadget for Windows Vista. See the full post for all of the installation and feature details, but here’s the post’s feature summary: Configure Folders if you want shows from … Continue reading →

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