Go check out Peter Rossers last post Media Center Technical Discussion 1: Tuners and TuningSpaces. He gives you step-by-step instructions to hack your Windows Media Center box to support N tuners (he had 3 ATSC + 6 NTSC at one time at his home). Oh, and you don't have to wait for Windows Vista to make it happen -- it works in the current version.
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