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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 3297515" data-attributes="member: 41321">I've heard good things about the Hauppauge cards, and am currently trying to set up a DVR box myself using an old computer I had lying around and a copy of Windows 2000 I *ahem* borrowed from work.  For some reason, though, things are not going smoothly.  I have a bad feeling it's my computer, though, and not their card.  After talking with both the Beyond TV people (the software I bought for the card) and the Hauppauge folks for a few weeks, Hauppauge determined that my card must be bad and asked me to send it back.  I did, and got a replacement just last week, but when I plugged it in I had the same problem (blue-screen shortly after I boot up the computer with the card installed).  I let them know about it through email and have not heard back yet.  I wanted to put the card in a dedicated box, but I may put it in my primary PC, just to see if it's my old computer that's having problems or the card itself.By the way, TV tuner cards usually do not include any output ports, just input.  If you want to play your DVR'd shows on your television you should make sure you have a video card with a TV-Out port.  I thought my Hauppauge card came with output ports, but I was mistaken and they were all just different kind of inputs.  Luckily for me, I already had a card with a TV-out port so I didn't have to go out and buy something else.</blockquote>