Direct Tv has this direct to PC application. I installed it and the app runs fine except it won't let me watch any of my shows. This is what comes up when I try to play a video: Directv2pc cannot display this video because your graphics card does not currently support screen capture protection for protected content. Try updating your graphics card driver or modify your driver settings. I have no clue. Windows virgin, if I get this to work it will be one of only 2 programs that I need windows for. Anybody know how to make this work? I'm on parallels 4 running on a Macbook Pro.
Looking for the same thing earlier; came across this post: http://forums.directv.com/pe/action/forums/displaythread?postID=10508163&ie=x#e10508163 In short, looks like it can't be done w/o Bootcamp. Might also look at using CoRD to remote into a PC in your house (if you have one), although the quality would only be as good as the connection.