Composite video to HP Media center- Is my HP crippled so I cannot hook up a simple camera?

I have a CCTV video surveilance camera that I have connected to the back of my HP m7000 via 3 RCA (composite) cables and I cannot get it configured in MediaCenter.
If I choose "Satellite" on the Select Your TV Signal page, MediaCenter detects it under Composite Video 1 and shows a little preview, but THAT'S IT. The next page tells me "IR Hardware Not Detected". Like I care about IR, I just want to connect my camera. I tried manual setup, but it still wants to play detection games! Is my HP crippled so I cannot hook up a simple camera?

yeah.. it would work, but like it was mentioned above... there is a 2 to 3 second lag... which means if you were playing a first person game... imagine playing on line and having a 2 to 3 second lag when trying to shoot someone...you would be dead for 2 seconds before you knew you were...
that's how bad it will be.
bill
and not quite as long time an employee as SS above
I'm a HP employee

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