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Howto stream satellitle TV signal

Mar 6, 2006 11:32AM PST

Hello,

I have Dish network satellite TV with the Dish DVR system.
I would like to be able to watch satellite TV on my wireless laptop. I have a laptop with Windows Media Edition, a Dell Inspiron 9300, but it requires me to be connected to the satellite output to watch TV on it. Any clues on what hardware/software I need to stream satellite TV to my wireless laptop?

I imagine I need some kind of hardware that plugs into my satellite receiver and has a streaming server built into it, perhaps Windows Media server or even Beyond TV. Ideally I should be able to change the channels as well from my wireless laptop.

Thanks,
Sam

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