Re: [PLUG] Replacing a Series 1 Tivo with MythTV?

[Jeff Bailey <skydiver38@comcast.net>]

Thanks to all who responded to my Myth/HD questions...  Much 
appreciated, albeit somewhat disappointing - I'm trying to avoid the 
ComcastDVR solution, and am not really looking to replace my ReplayTVs 
with TIVOs just to gain HD/Digital.  I thought myth might be the answer...

I'll probably still play around with it (after all, that's the fun part) 
- I guess my expectations are more realistic now...

Thanks again!

TuskenTower wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>>> ----- "Jeff Bailey" <skydiver38@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> 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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