Directv software question

I was just thinking about this. Since my directv box is basically a cheap computer, wud it be possible to emulate a directv box on a PC? we have 4 tvs in our house and 4 boxes.. i was thinking about getting another tv. dont want 2 pay for another box. is there a way to use my computer as the box? and connect it to the wall by coaxial cable with a tv tuner card

 

legally? no, probably not.

 

Technically yes you are right but there are security measures that prevent this, including the main one on your card that about two years or so ago Direct TV went through a major card over haul to prevent people hacking into their card and programming it to receive additional programming. I know that isn't what you are asking but that's the potential if you could do what you are talking about.

Now if you were a Dish customer they have units that can feed 2 or more rooms without the need of a separate box but Direct hasn't went that route yet.

 

i'm not gunna be doing anything illegal. i pay monthly for my dtv. i just want to use my computer as an emulated tuner box (which i have 4 of already). just to watch on my computer.

 

Dtv runs linux on it's boxes but without the access card that slides into the box the OS is pretty much useless for receiving programming. Sorry, they have this locked up pretty tight now.

 

Dish&Direct use DVB tuners, which you can buy on their own as PC cards, then you need the decode sequence.

Here's the Hauppauge DVB PCI card;
http://www.hauppauge.com/html/dvb_s.htm