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Re: [PLUG] Replacing a Series 1 Tivo with MythTV?
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On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Alex Valentine <asv@ivoss.com> wrote:
> HD is a mess right now in the DIY market. I evaluated all the options
> last year after being a big myth proponent for years, and I ended up
> getting a Tivo HD with no regrets.
>
> I'm really happy with the Tivo HD + Cable Cards + FIOSTV. Its not
> cheap, but if your willing to spend the money, its the best HD option.
>
> Alex Valentine
> http://www.alexvalentine.org
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>> ----- "Jeff Bailey" <skydiver38@comcast.net> wrote:
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>>> Do you have any specific recommendations for HD?
I'll second Alex's assessment. DIY HD is a bit of a mess.
The cost of buying a Tivo HD is cheaper ($300) than a decent MythTv
setup (~$700) and eliminates the need to figure out what to buy. The
cost of the service for, say, 3 yrs is $300. You'll probably need to
buy external storage ($100 for 750GB) to boost the recording capacity
from 20hrs of HD content. At that price, you are roughly equal the
cost of the MythTv setup in 3 yrs. Add a backend/frontend setup, and
the cost of MythTv goes up.
>From the MythTv.org wiki there are two pages of interest:
http://mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Recording_Digital_Cable
http://mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Working_QAM_cable_layout
However, if you don't care about cable, then OTA HD is falling off the
log easy. I have a MythTv setup using an HDHomeRun and a pcHDTV 5500.
The pcHDTV will let you record analog cable where the HDHomeRun will
not, but I was not able to get that working.
Tivo for my family, MythTv for me.
HTH
Amul
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