how do I get fios to work with my new desktop w/ Windows Media Center

[#1]

Can someone please help me I have "fios".TV and internet 1HDSTB + 1HDDVR with multi room dvr Home media mgr.how do I get fios to work with my new desktop HP Pavillion m9715f**(specs below)**w/ Windows Media Center or did I just throw away my money?

also equipted is 47" Samsung 850series 1080p 120hertz HD LCD TV + 36" Samsung 560series 1080p 60hertz HD LCD TV and 19"Samsung 950b LCD Monitor

** computer specs**

Product number NZ017AA

Introduction date 30-Jun-2009

Country/region sold in: United States,Canada

Hardware Base processor

Phenom-9650 (A) 2.3 GHz (95W) 3600 MHz HyperTransport 3.0 Socket, AM2+

Chipset AMD 780G

Motherboard Manufacturer: MSI Motherboard Name: MS-7548 HP/Compaq motherboard name: Aspen-GL8E

Power supply 300W

Memory

Component Attributes Memory Installed 8 GB Maximum allowed 16 GB (4 x 4 GB) (64-bit OS)

4 GB* (4 x 1 GB) (32-bit OS)

*Actual available memory may be less Speed supported PC2-6400 MB/sec Type 240 pin, DDR2

Hard drive750 GB SATA 3G (3.0 Gb/sec)7200 rpm

Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner with LightScribe Technology drive

• This Blu-Ray Disc DVD drive introduces a player that reads Blu-ray Disc format enabling you to watch high-definition Blu-ray Disc movies. NOTE: This drive does not include high-definition write capability.

Formats/Disc types Write speeds Read speeds Storage capacity Blu-ray Disc BD-ROM SL NA up to 6X up to 25 GB BD-ROM DL NA up to 4.8X up to 50 GB BD-R SL not supported up to 6X up to 25 GB BD-R DL not supported up to 4.8X up to 50 GB BD-RE SL not supported up to 2.3X up to 25 GB BD-RE DL not supported up to 2X up to 50 GB HD DVD not supported DVD DVD-ROM SL NA up to 16X up to 4.7 GB DVD-ROM DL NA up to 8X up to 8.5 GB DVD+R SL up to 16X up to 12X up to 4.7 GB DVD+R DL up to 4X up to 8X up to 8.5 GB DVD+RW SL up to 8X up to 10X up to 4.7 GB DVD+RW DL not supported DVD-R SL up to 16X up to 12X up to 4.7 GB DVD-R DL up to 4X up to 8X up to 8.5 GB DVD-RW SL up to 6X up to 10X up to 4.7 GB DVD-RW DL not supported DVD-RAM up to 5X up to 5X up to 4.7 GB CD CDROM NA up to 40X up to 700 MB CDR up to 40X up to 40X up to 700 MB CDRW up to 24X up to 40X up to 700 MB CD-DA NA up to 32X up to 700 MB Video CD NA up to 10X up to 700 MB

Wireless Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g

Video Graphics Radeon HD4350

• 512 MB DDR2 memory
• I/O Ports: HDMI, VGA, single-link DVI

Television Hauppauge ATSC/NTSC TV tuner card with FM tuner

Sound/Audio High Definition 8-channel audio

• ALC 888S chipset

Network (LAN) Integrated 10/100/1000 Base-T networking interface

Memory card reader

Contains an Infrared receiver for remote control

• Supports the following cards:
  • Compact Flash I
  • Compact Flash II
  • IBM Microdrive
  • Secure Digital (SD)
  • mini-SD
  • MultiMediaCard (MMC)
  • Reduced size MultiMediaCard (RS-MMC)
  • MultiMediaCard Plus (MMC plus)
  • MultiMediaCard Mobile (MMC mobile)
  • Memory Stick
  • Memory Stick Pro
  • Memory Stick Duo
  • Memory Stick Pro Duo
  • SmartMedia
  • xD Picture Card (xD = extreme digital)

External I/O ports

I/O ports on the front panel

Port type Quantity 15-in-1 (4 slot) with IR Receiver One USB Two Headphone One Microphone One Audio L-R One S-video in One Composite video in One

I/O ports on the back panel

Port type Quantity PS/2 (keyboard, mouse) Two S/PDIF out (coaxial) One VGA One (disabled due to the installation of a graphics card) DVI-D One USB Four 1394a One LAN One Audio (side speaker out, rear speaker out, center/subwoofer-out , line-in, line-out, microphone) One Each

Expansion slots

Slot type Quantity PCI Express x16 One (None available) PCI Express x1 Three (Two available)

Drive bays

Bay type Quantity 5.25" Two (One available) 3.5" Two (One available) Personal Media Drive One (One available) Pocket Media Drive One (One available)

Keyboard and mouse HP multimedia keyboard HP PS/2 optical mouse

Remote Control USB infrared remote control,Remote control expansion card with IR ports,IR emitter cable to transmit codes to a set top box

[#2]

"Work" in what way? A bit more info about what you are trying to accomplish would make it easier to give suggestions.

[#3]

 Media Center

[#4]

Based on what you've posted, your computer does not have the right tuner.   You need a QAM tuner to record locals from FiOS, or a CableCard tuner to record all local and cable channels from FiOS.

QAM tuners to record local channels only

This requires Windows Vista or Windows 7

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250

SiliconDust HDHomeRun (info on a sale)

CableCard tuner to record local and cable channels

This requires Windows 7 + one CableCard from Verizon for $3.99/mo

ATI TV Wonder Digital PC CableCard Tuner (records one channel at a time) -- $200-$250 on ebay

Ceton MOCUR tuner (records four channels at a time) -- coming in early 2010 for $400-$600

Make sure your computer has Windows 7 Home Premium (or better) installed.   That's necessary to support CableCard tuners.

[#5]

I thought as long as you had a STB and an external USB tuner that is compatible with Windows & Media Center you could record any channel, local and cable?

I was just getting ready to buy these items when I saw your reply and now I just want to double check.  I really don't care to use a tuner card unless someone gives me a reason why it's better.

I have a very similar system to what the person above mentioned.

thanks

[#6]

Without this

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CableCard tuner to record local and cable channels

This requires Windows 7 + one CableCard from Verizon for $3.99/mo

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you will only get local SD and local HD plus public access channels.

With the cablecard tuner for 3.99 it will unencrypt all national programming.