Media center let my other computer share from the computer with the tuner card,
e.g. my son on his xbox360 can connect and watch tv on his xbox.
It was also a less convoluted setup, everything built in/included. The others
you had to setup and get tuner working, then configure your TV guide. Some were
paid services, some were XML scrapers from other services, they went down
because someone changed their layout and then the scrapers had to be rewritten.
Too much like work to watch tv!
It is an AMD Athlon 64, K8N Neo MB, 2GB ram (I think) and a Hauppauge PVR-150
tuner. Nothing fancy or new, I’ve been using it for a few years and it still
worked, just upped the OS. All I have added is some additional codecs.
Tom Czachor
Instructor - Computer Systems Technology
Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County
3201 Rockwell Ave, Scranton, PA 18508
570-346-8471
http://cmt.ctclc.edu<http://cmt.ctclc.edu/>
http://www.ctclc.edu<http://www.ctclc.edu/>
EET, CompTIA A+ & i-Net+ certified
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William M. Bell
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:49 PM
To: Tech-Geeks
Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Homemade DVR?
What was your reasoning for switching to Windows 7 Media Center?
What’s the specs of your system(s)?
What TV Tuner cards are you using?
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Bill Bell
Asst. Technology Coordinator
Monticello CUSD #25
Monticello, IL 61856
http://www.cafepress.com/tech-geeks
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On 9/14/10 1:48 PM, "Tom Czachor" <[email protected]> wrote:
I tried both and wound up using GBPVR http://www.gbpvr.com/ for while, then I
just went to Windows 7 Media Center.
Tom Czachor
Instructor - Computer Systems Technology
Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County
3201 Rockwell Ave, Scranton, PA 18508
570-346-8471
http://cmt.ctclc.edu <http://cmt.ctclc.edu/>
http://www.ctclc.edu <http://www.ctclc.edu/>
EET, CompTIA A+ & i-Net+ certified
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William M. Bell
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:29 PM
To: Tech-Geeks
Subject: [tech-geeks] Homemade DVR?
Has anyone set up or experimented with MythTV or SageTV as a DVR?
MythTV - http://www.mythtv.org/
SageTV - http://www.sagetv.com/
My wife has been bugging me about getting a DVR, and I just don’t want another
monthly charge. =(
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Bill Bell
Asst. Technology Coordinator
Monticello CUSD #25
Monticello, IL 61856
http://www.cafepress.com/tech-geeks
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