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Hello, I am brand new to the home theater PC. I refuse to pay a monthly fee to my cable provider for the right to record stuff on my on TV. So I was excited to read about the Ceton PC card which allows recording of 4 HD signals at a time. I would like to get one for my PC upstairs to use as a DVR. I would then like to watch the shows downstairs. Currently I have a PS3 which I thought could be used as a MCE but every guide I have read only mentions the Xbox. Why is it that the PS3 can't be used? Also, on occasion I like to keep shows indefinitely (for my own personal use), mostly soccer games. So is there a way to burn recorded shows from the PC to a CD/DVD?
Thank you for your help
MntlDfct
The reason you see mentions of XBox 360 is because it has built-in the ability to be a Windows Media Center Extender. The PS3 is NOT an extender, so you won't be able to do this.
However, there are several PS3 applications that will allow you to access video files, if you want to go through the effort of recording shows and then converting them to PS3-compatible filetypes.
Mike Garcen (shadymg) MissingRemote Editor-in-Chief Windows Entertainment and Connected Home MVP (formerly Media Center MVP) Twitter @mikegarcen MissingRemote on Facebook