[brlug-general] mythtv box

[-ray]

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, James Kuhns wrote:

> I gave up on capturing TV on a PC - I've tried MythTV, MS Media Center, and
> SageTV with different capture cards - none looked as good as the boxes from
> my sat and cable provider. The only thing I use my HTPCs for is to
> watch/listen to the DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray/CD collection stored on my media
> server, granted this is enough, just the ability to pick a movie from the
> menu without having to hunt the disk down is great.

I'm in the same boat.  I gave up on MythTV/SageTV/BeyondTV/etc.  Maybe i'm 
getting old.  Tinkering with the hardware/software is fun, and you learn a 
lot.  But at the end of the day, I just want to watch TV.  The Tivo 
hardware is cheap, the software works, and the $10/month is worth it to 
me.

ray
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Ray DeJean  				       	 http://www.r-a-y.org
Systems Engineer                    Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist  	      AIX Administration, AIX Support
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