what kind of player would i need if i were to rip sometime on tv onto a hard disk?

what kind of player would i need if i were to rip sometime on tv onto a hard disk?

is this possible?

 

if you have an video output like connecting cable to your pc and the most trustful program is Nero i think its Nero 8 know

 

so basically i hook my laptop to the tv?
then use a program such as nero to record it? does it also burn it straight onto dvd? or can i choose it to record it onto my computer?

 

yes, there is also a second way to do it, which is a HARDWARE device which has a mpeg decoder/encoder inside to do the processing, in this case, you only need a only pentium-2 computer.
it sits between the computer and the source.( TV, vcr,....)
products like pinnacle video capture,
ADS DVDXpress DX2.

 

you can buy a TV tuner card, which usually comes with the necessary software to watch/record/pause TV