Using a sky card in Media Center

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Published on 2010-03-09T21:24:27Z Indexed on 2010/03/12 19:17 UTC
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I'm not 100% is this SU suitable but oh well. I'm wondering if it's possible to get a slot of some kind to put my Sky Card into a Media Center PC and then be able to have a triple or dual tuner, and connect to the satelitte dish, allowing me to record 3 and watch a previously recorded.

Also it would mean access to Youtube and things easily, with only one box.

Also would this be legal or is it similar to Apple where you can only use Mac OSX on boxes with the Apple Logo on?

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