-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Dave Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Ben Scott writes: > > Those of you here who are already using MythTV, how do you find it > > works in day-to-day usage? > > I've been using MythTV for about 2 years or so. I like it alot better > than the tivo I had before that. It has it's bugs, but they are > usually minor and can be worked around without too much trouble. > > I really like the split model [backend + frontend(s)] which allows me > to have a fanless, diskless, no-moving-parts frontend computer for the > TV and a big server in the garage^H^H^H^H^H^H^H server-room. > > Note you can get unencrypted HD off of Cable in addition to OTA. > > My MythTV backend has a Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 250 connected to the comcrap > set-top box and a pcHDTV HD-3000 connected direct to the comcrap coax. > The latter can do direct digital captures of all unencrypted channels (SD > and HD) with no conversion or recompression (direct MPEG2 to disk). > > -- > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
As a matter of interest, which HD channels are not encrypted? It would be nice to be able to at least record some channels without using a comcast DVR. Thanks Chris _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
