what is all this i hear about recoding tv onto your computer? how do you do it and how much does it cost?

A graphics card with Video In or TV In is all you need.

ATI (just for example) has its' "All in Wonder" series which have these options.

http://ati.amd.com/products/multimedia.html

so do i have this ?

I don't know. I doubt it if you don't know.

What is your Graphics Card?

Look in your Device Manager under Display adapters:

Right click My Computer then click Manage then Device Manager

Or go to start Run... dxdiag | Display | Device

Name: RADEON x1600 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip Type: ATI display adapter AGP (0x71c2)
DAC Type: Internal DAC (400MHz)
Approx. Total Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1360 x 768 (32 bit) (60hz)
Monitor: Dell M780

That looks like a very sweet card:

http://ati.amd.com/products/RadeonX1600/index.html

However, unless I am missing something, it has TV (HDTV) Out but not In.

Meaning you can use your TV as another monitor for your PC but your PC cannot take data in from a video (TV) source.

so....

is there anything we can do about this ?

A new Graphics card such as:

http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonx1...900/index.html

is their another option? we just got this card a few months or should i say weeks ago.

Not that I know of.

Perhaps someone else might know better.