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Ok so I have Dish Network here and Vista Ultimate and I've been looking for a solution to get Dish into VMC (Vista Media Center) without using the STB (Set-Top Box). I've been reading that DirecTV has been working directly with Microsoft to develop an add-on card that does exactly what I want...

Well if i'm not mistaken, FTA satellite is unencrypted but mpeg-2 encoded. I think most of the Satellite PC cards (http://www.dvb-cards.com/specs1020.html) just output MPEG-2, so MythTV or Media center should be able to use them like normal video inputs from a camera or tv tuner card. I've got...