Let me share my set up too:
1) Record using PVR 350 + mythtTV.
2) Edit out the commercials. MythCommFlag works well for friends
episodes (for my wife). For others, I have to do it manually.
3) Encode the programs using mencoder to create mpeg2 (for DVDs). I
use KVCD matrices as well. I record
Greetings to all from a very happy Mything person.
Here's my method; it's by no means a comprehensive HOWTO
but maybe it'll be of some use. I should note that I couldn't have
made my Mythbox without Jarod Wilson's HOWTO and I'm
too chicken to upgrade it to 0.17 because it's working well
now,