The kernel's DVB FAQ lists some other useful tools and applications. If you want to use your PC as a PVR (Personal Video Recorder), VDR is arguably the best for a DVB card, because it was specifically written for them. However, with a budget card, lacking an MPEG decoder, you will need an output plugin, eg xine. Full details of setting up VDR, or any other PVR application, is beyond the scope of this document, but I do recommend joining the users' mailing list and using developer versions instead of the somewhat outdated 1.2 release.