Mythtv *DOES NOT* require a $20/year subscription... On Nov 20, 2007 10:42 AM, Andrew Baudouin <andrewmb at gmail.com> wrote:
> IMNSHO, digital OTA tuners are beyond useless at this time. Any > decent content requires CableCard, which we all know is locked in to > certain vendors and Windows. THe cable companies have now priced PC > DVR's out of the market with their $5.99/mo HD and premium content > capable box rentals. Even MythTV now requires a $20/year Schedules > Direct subscription. > > > On Nov 20, 2007 10:53 AM, c.a. weisheit <carl70448 at yahoo.com> wrote: > > I was using a card I already had around the house. You get what you pay > for. > > if you have a better tuner card for $13 please post the link for the > rest of > > us. > > I also said I was looking at digital cards. I plan to upgrade very soon. > If > > I am going to spend more money on a card I want it to work beyond the > next > > two years. > > > > > > Andrew Baudouin <andrewmb at gmail.com> wrote: > > um, stop right there.... WinTV Go (BTTV) lacks hardware MPEG-2 > > encoding, so your cpu will be wasted on that. In addition, the > > quality of their analog tuner lags far behind that of the PVR (ivtv) > > models. > > > > > > On Nov 20, 2007 10:08 AM, c.a. weisheit wrote: > > > for ed and others who asked about the mythtv box I brought to monday > > nights > > > meeting. This is the tuner I used. now selling for $13 > > > > > > > http://www.surpluscomputers.com/store/main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=CRD10186 > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.brlug.net/pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20071120/1e911f2b/attachment-0001.html