Ha, yes. I purchased an ATI TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner[1] in 2010 and hooked it up to my custom built HTPC running Windows 8 PC Media Center edition so I can use it as my DVR. I watched TV like that for 8 years and enjoyed every minute of it. I even developed a Windows Media Center app in MCML[2] that allowed you to access streaming sporting events on ESPN[3].

[1] https://www.cnet.com/products/ati-tv-wonder-digital-cable-tu...

[2] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/d...

[3] https://www.amarkota.com/portfolio/espn3