Hi I have dish network and a regular 19 inch Magnavox non hdtv. I have had dish network for 5 years now and I have been very happy with their service. The way I have my dish network connected to my tv is by using red, white, yellow wires. My tv doesn't have s video. Anyways for the past 5 years, the picture quality has been great on my tv till the last 5 weeks. In the past 5 weeks, I noticed that the picture is not as sharp and clear as it used to be and I know for a fact it isn't my tv that is causing this problem. I think dish network is playing with the signals to force people to upgrade to high definition. Anyways a few days ago, I decided to buy the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950Q and try to connect my dish network to my laptop hoping to get a much clearer and better picture. I bought the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950Q and the person who helped me told me that that the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950Q will not work with dish network and that it only works with cable, but I have a feeling that it should work with dish network too. The instruction on the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950Q were very confusing and I didn't know how to hook it up and I just gave up and retured the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950Q back to bestbuy. Anyways does the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950Q work with dish network and if so how should I have got to work meaning how should I have installed since it didn't work out for me. Also will the picture quality be excellent on the laptop with dish network. Will it be close to hd even though my dish network box is not hd? Will it be better than the picture on my regular tv? Let me know know all the details