[RobertH]

unfortunatly since most satelite / cable providers only output HD channels using Component (PrPbY) or DVI your almost SOL because I have yet to see an HD capture card that can capture from either source, and doing so from component is only capturing an analog signal so that would require some BEEFY hardware to do it. Capture from DVI on the other hand is digital but would require a good deal of disk space for capture. But still your limited because all the current HD tuner devices only offer OTA antenna broadcast or simple non-encrypted QAM support, most cable providers however have all their QAM channels encrypted to prevent cable theft.

Now once settop receivers start to have firewire output for captureing to DVHS / settop DVD / BlueRay recorders that will end up being a different story because you can simply sample from the firewire interface with drivers, but then you end up dealing with the lovely broadcast flag and the broadcasters telling you what you can and cant record. Dont you just love DRM.