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Record TV on your PC

If you have a tv tuner card on your computer, it's time you started recording TV to your PC. Check out our start-to-finish guide to building your own DVR.

Top products for recording TV to your PC

SageTV 2.2
What's it for:
Recording, viewing, and pausing live TV on your PC.

The bottom line:
While it may not be ready to act as the hub for your digital home, Media Center Edition 2005 is the best desktop DVR app out there.

More related products

Popular Media Center alternative: SnapStream Beyond TV 4.3

One great beta: Yahoo Go for TV

The top TV tuner card: ATI Theater 650 Pro

No need to open your PC: Diamond XtremeTV PVR600


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