again, its been far too long since i've last posted. today i thought i'd just outline the basics on how to use your Windows 7, with proper hardware, to record live tv and also share with other Windows 7 computers on your network. This will allow you to have a centralized tv recording computer/server that can also transcode and stream the tv to other clients in your Homegroup.
i plan to briefly go over what you need for hardware and how to setup Windows 7 to do this.