[vdr] sanity check

[Jeffrey Drake <jpt.d@rogers.com>]

I have recently been doing some research on what it would take to get a 
'pvr' going.

I have satellite through bell express-vu (some information I found is 
here: http://www.lyngsat.com/dig/expressvu.shtml )

It seems most channels seem to be encoded with something called 
nagravision. Doing more search on the matter, I found a page with card 
information:

http://www.hauppauge.com/

at the bottom of that it lists a conditional access module for 
nagravision.

My basic question here is: what do I need to do to receive satellite on 
this custom pc?
* as an additional note: the expressvu receiver unit came with a card 
inside of it that can be removed from the front.

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The other side of this is the hardware setup. Via has this nice board 
they call a mini-itx board. It is approximately 170mm * 170mm. It 
contains a tv-out and a few other goodies.
http://www.viavpsd.com/product/epia_mini_itx_spec.jsp?motherboardId=21

Tell me what you think of this.

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Can the VDR software be made to work with regular analog cable?

Regards,
Jeffrey Drake