Hi Blindraven, I'd have to disagree with you there.
The device appears to have won a few awards (so must do what it does well) but it doesn't do much of what I want to do. I can store more than 400hrs of telly on my machine. I can watch DVDs and play CDs on it. I can browse the web and download and store my telly shows, web video and ripped DVDs and CDs directly on the machine. I can also export the telly shows I've saved and set recording times for regular shows I like. I can record two stations and watch a third using just my TV or play a DVD or watch another show I've already recorded. This seems to do none of these things and only some if you buy an internal HDD (says on the site that you have to buy an internal HDD for some functions). You'd have to have an external DVD/CD player and you can't watch television on it...there's no tv aerial socket. Well *I* can't watch or record telly with it. Though it will network with other devices, you have to buy the other devices first. Also I can upgrade/downgrade the hardware of my Mythbuntu device and the regular software upgrades and improvements cost me nothing. It also lists: * Cardea DRM (WMDRM-ND) According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardea_(DRM) "Cardea is the codename for portable version of Windows Media DRM for network devices, whose marketing name is Windows Media DRM for Network Devices (or in short form WMDRM-ND) introduced by Microsoft. It is used for streaming protected digital media across a network for immediate playback." I'm not certain that I need or want this. It also tells me the sites it will allow me to browse - I can choose what I want on the Mythbuntu set up I have. The cost is $AU457 (current exchange rate including delivery). In terms of features per dollar I think I'm ahead :)) Regards, Patrick Blindraven wrote: > What about the Popcorn hour A110? > http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/index.php?pluginoption=catalog&task=info&item_id=6 > > It seems to do everything, cheaper. > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 1:46 PM, elliott-brennan > <elliottbren...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi Owen, >> >> In the end I completely reinstalled Mythbuntu. I >> then checked out the Ubuntu Mythbuntu forum (I'd >> checked out the Mythbuntu site previously) and was >> lucky to get immediate responses to some questions >> over a couple of days - working through a few issues. >> >> The machine is running very well now. >> >>>> I have sound, but not through the telly (I can >>>> plug-in headphones to the on-board sound and it >>>> works). I'm assuming I can plug in a cable to the >>>> on-board output and see if that works by plugging >>>> it into the telly's audio input. >>> How are you plugging it into the telly now? >>> If it is a composite cable (yellow) then you will also need to use the >>> other two (black and red) for audio. >>> This will probably require a '3.5mm Stereo to 2xRCA' cable to get from >>> the headphone port to the tv audio in. >> Yes, exactly. I bought a 3.5mm jack to 2 RCA jack >> cable and that works fine. >> >>> Look into setting a modeline that conforms to the PAL spec and you should >> be ok. >>> If that doesn't mean anything to you (yet), then either ask more or it >>> at least gives you some keywords to search with. >> Channel 2 is the only channel where the image is >> not as good as I'd like. I'll have to check this >> out more along the lines you're suggesting. >> >> >>>> 3. The desktop image is slightly drawn to the >>>> left. I have an older analogue telly, so there are >>>> no 'display' controls as on some LCD telly's and >>>> PC monitors. >> I solved this by changing the resolution to >> 1024x768 and using the nVidia config settings to >> zoom the screen. Works extremely well. >> >> Regarding cost: >> >> I was given a BlueRay players/DVD burner by a mate >> (brand new but he couldn't get it to work with the >> Windows Media Centre he was building. He also gave >> me a Hauppauge PVR-150 because in the end he >> wanted a low-profile dual tuner. (Nice to have >> friends like this). >> >> I already had a P4 mobo with a 3Ghz chip, 160G HDD >> and 500G HDD left over from another upgrade, so >> the total cost (new) to me has been: >> >> a Seasonic S12II 430W PSU >> >> a Zalman CNPS7700 CPU fan and heat sink >> >> another Hauppauge PVR-150 tuner >> >> Plus I bought a Shintaro wireless keyboard with >> inbuilt marble mouse control. I didn't like the >> idea of having to individually select each letter >> when using a remote control when I was naming each >> of the recordings I was making. >> >> For anyone who is interested, I found this site >> very useful for information about PSUs and CPU >> cooling: >> >> http://www.silentpcreview.com >> >> Regards, >> >> Patrick >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Registered GNU/Linux User 368634 >> -- >> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >> Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html >> > > > -- Registered GNU/Linux User 368634 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
