Record Olympic TV Shows with Most Popular TV Shows Record Software on PC

For those who are busy in business, Olympics matches are not allowed to watch live on time. If you are also a sport fans but the time is limited, the most popular TV Shows Recorders in this article are helpful during London 2012 Olympic Games. You don't need to buy DVR, instead, software on computers is enough. After recording, you can also play tv shows on more devices.

Prepare

• TV Signal. First, we need a tv signal source into our computers. Both TV antenna and cable TV jack are OK. Also, you can get television into computers through satellite by USB tuner.

Windows Media Center

Windows Media Center is developed by Microsoft. With it, users can record live TV shows and movies directly onto your computer. You are allowed to do setting during recording. Things you need: 1. A TV tuner (a device that connects to your computer through an internal expansion slot or an external expansion port). 2. A TV signal source (such as from a TV antenna or a cable TV jack). There are detailed tv shows recording steps for users to refer to.

NextPVR
NextPVR is a free Personal Video Recorder (PVR) and Media Centre application for Microsoft Windows, developed by Sub. The new name, NextPVR, is shorten from GB-PVR. You can watch (and pause) live TV and schedule your favourite shows for later viewing. By the way, tt's more humanized than Windows Media Center. Such as change the look and feel of NextPVR with the supported skins, weather, internet radio and RSS Reader.

Beyond TV
Beyond TV is digital video recorder/media center software for Microsoft Windows produced by the American company SnapStream originally released in 2000 as Personal Video Station. It has functions similar to Windows Media Center. Its simple user-friendly interface lets you browse your TV listings, record shows, and watch live TV. Follow the steps on How Beyond TV Works.

SageTV
SageTV is an application that will allow you to record, pause, and watch live TV. You can schedule shows or movies to record in advance, and like Windows Media Center, SageTV lets you view pictures, watch DVDs, and play music.

Notice

• Large hard drive space. Recording television, specifically high definition television, takes up a LOT of hard drive space. A few gigabytes per hour. If you will be doing a lot of recording, make sure you have a decent amount of hard drive space, at least 500GB.
• Strong computer processor and graphics card to watch while recording tv shows. Or you will see performance suffer and the television may stutter.