Sorry I did not make it to the myth presentation the group had.
I like the small keyboard concept because it is harder to lose and easier to
type queries to lookup TV listings on the keyboard.
I have used x11vnc to control it, but it has to be spouse friendly.
Does anyone have experience with cable cards from time Warner? The monthly
charge is cheap enough, but I will need two. One for each tuner. If I don't use
cable cards I need two cable boxes and two IR blasters. With two cable cards I
need two PCMCIA ports on the PC.
Time Warner will not let me do a self install of the cable cards. They want $40
to install them. I am afraid if I have them come out to install two cable cards
on a mythtv setup they will think I have two heads.
I understand I can't do pay per view. I have a hacked AppleTV for that, but I
thought I read somewhere that cable cards were going away.
My current mythtv has one tuner and I use it to record one channel at a time.
To get promoted to the living room I need to be able to watch one and record
another.
Thanks.
Brian
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:59:30 -0500
> Subject: Re: [mhvlug] Wireless Keyboard For Mythdora
>
> On Wednesday 30 December 2009, Brian Sutcliffe wrote:
> > I will check out the one you listed.
> >
> > I would like to replace my Time Warner DVR. I hate it. It goes into
> > DVR Sleep mode if you do not touch the controls for 2 hours.
> > Really stupid. I read online that they do this to save hard
> > drives.
> >
> > I really like mythtv. But I need to be able to control it from the
> > couch.
>
> I'll just repeat a couple of things were discussed during the MythTV
> talk:
>
> - You can buy a USB infrared remote that will work with Linux
> and MythTV
> - MythTV also has an interface for remote control over the web
>
> i.e. it's doubly possible to control MythTV from your couch: either by
> a sepeately purchased infrared remote, or via a laptop.
>
> -- Chris
>
> --
>
> Chris Knadle
> [email protected]
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