How to Watch or Record TV Shows on Wins 7 Laptop

The Holy Grail of entertainment in your home is the mesh between TV and laptop. Since the processors in computers today are much more powerful than the set top boxes that offer the majority of programming, it is quite possible to use your PC to record TV programs and replay it later. To watch or record TV shows on your Windows 7 laptop, you must have three things: 1. A TV tuner There are many types of TV tuners, such as expansion cards, TV tuner cards for external TV tuner, which is known to connect to your computer via USB interface or IEEE 1394 interface. Some computers are equipped with TV tuner. If your computer does not have a TV tuner, you may be able to insert one. Go to the Windows 7 Compatible Hardware Compatibility Center for the List of TV tuners which are compatible with Windows 7. 2. A TV signal connected to your computer Depending on your TV-tuner capabilities, it may be possible to connect a TV signal to your laptop from an over-the-air antenna, a cable jack in the wall, or a set-top box. Types of TV signals available in your area will be different, contact your local cable or satellite provider for the information. 3. Software for watching and recording live TV 3.1 Window Media Center There are several options for software that will allow you to view and record TV programs on your laptop. If you are running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate, you already have what you need: Windows Media Center. 3.2 A third -party software If you don't have Home Premium or Ultimate, you are running Windows 7, Windows XP, all you need is to install a third-party software: HDTV Player, you can watch digital TV, analog TV shows and real-time record live TV shows on your hard disk for playback later. What's more you may listen to FM radios with HDTV Player. Top Reasons to choose DVD X Player: Record DVD moviesDVD X Player supports recording DVD as various popular movie files to expand your multimedia entertainment on most popular portable devices (Apple iPod, iPhone, Sony PSP, Zune, BlackBerry, Zen, Smart Phone, PMP etc.). Integrat all functions of a standard DVD playerDVD X Player can provide superior video and audio (Dolby & DTS) quality, together with other enhanced functions: e.g. record DVD, playback image and DV, image capture and bookmark, etc. Furthermore, it supports DIVX, MPEG4, RM, QuickTime, WMV, WMV-HD, MacroMedia Flash and popular media formats of Internet. DVD X Player can be extensively compatible with hardware, which is operated stably, smoothly under Windows 9898SE Me 2000 XPVista systemWindows 7.