I fully agree, it was fun and informative playing with the hardware/software but in the end, I realized the time/money I was spending reinventing the wheel was costing me more than the 5-10 bucks a month it costs for an off-the-shelf box that already did what I wanted.
Now, if DirectTV would just pick up my locals in HD I could dump our COX cable package. James -----Original Message----- From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of -ray Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 1:22 PM To: general at brlug.net Subject: Re: [brlug-general] mythtv box On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, James Kuhns wrote: > I gave up on capturing TV on a PC - I've tried MythTV, MS Media Center, and > SageTV with different capture cards - none looked as good as the boxes from > my sat and cable provider. The only thing I use my HTPCs for is to > watch/listen to the DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray/CD collection stored on my media > server, granted this is enough, just the ability to pick a movie from the > menu without having to hunt the disk down is great. I'm in the same boat. I gave up on MythTV/SageTV/BeyondTV/etc. Maybe i'm getting old. Tinkering with the hardware/software is fun, and you learn a lot. But at the end of the day, I just want to watch TV. The Tivo hardware is cheap, the software works, and the $10/month is worth it to me. ray -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _______________________________________________ General mailing list General at brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.1/1141 - Release Date: 11/20/2007 11:34 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.1/1141 - Release Date: 11/20/2007 11:34 AM
