Re: MythTV install fest
On 1/23/07, Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: getting MythTV working properly is often a function of the inputs and outputs that the user has. So, lugging in the Satellite Dish and Big Screen TV might be a hard thing to do. As I said, we'd need RF feeds. Specifically, we would want OTA and Comcast. Comcast because they are the dominant cable provider in this area. OTA would give us analog and digital signals to tune to. Comcast will give us the analog cable, plus the local broadcast channels in QAM-in-the-clear (hopefully; one never can tell with cable co's). Assuming the right geography, even a temporary antenna should be able to get us *some* OTA signal, so then all we need is the analog cable feed. Trickier than our usual venue selection process (Does it have a roof?) but doable, I think. Can satellite even work with MythTV? I know HD sat sure won't. Outputs are a lot simpler. For the most part, one HD TV is as good as another. Sure, there are differences, especially when you start tweaking at the high-end of high-def, but getting it working at the 'fest would get people most, if not all, the way there. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: MythTV install fest
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:21:36 -0500 From: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm thinking, as a follow-on, it might be good to have a MythTV installfest. Pick some reasonably central location (or multiple locations). Pick a time which is good for an installfest. Late evenings tend to be not-so-good for this sort of thing. Weekend mid-day, perhaps? Arrange a facility with lots of tables, Internet access, and RF sources. Announce well in advance. Have everybody bring their Myth boxes (or piles of hardware trying to be a Myth box) and we can all help each other get stuff working. I'm going to suggest NHTI in Concord as a location for this. CentraLUG's old meeting room in the library is likely to have RF. But it could be a bit small. ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: MythTV install fest
On Jan 22, 2007, at 2:24 PM, Ben Scott wrote: That could well be ideal, except for the RF feed requirement. Ideally, we'd want both analog and digital cable, along with OTA digital. I wonder if we might want to chat with BLU about sharing an installfest with them. Last I checked, they were doing the installfest at WCVB Channel 5 in Needham. I'll bet they have some signals there to play with ;) Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: MythTV install fest
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:37:43 -0500 Shawn K. O'Shea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This made me wonder about TV stations in NH. I have a (technical) contact at Channel 9... -Bill ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: MythTV install fest
On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 19:39 -0500, Bill Sconce wrote: On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:37:43 -0500 Shawn K. O'Shea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This made me wonder about TV stations in NH. I have a (technical) contact at Channel 9... New Hampshire Technical Institute: New Hampshire Technical Institute 31 College Drive, Concord, NH 03301-7412 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (603) 271-NHTI(6484) Has a program in Broadband and Telecommications Technology that deals with Analog and Digital Communications Systems. Dr. Sterling Hough is the department head, worked at Bell Labs for 30 years. I am willing to bet that they not only have a few TV cable leads that they could feed into people's boxes, but they have the equipment and expertise to analyze what is wrong if it did not work. And they probably have the space to hold an install fest. Probably his students would like to participate too. I will call him tomorrow (wednesday) and let you know. md ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: MythTV install fest
I believe Sterling Hough was also a student in our LAMP classes that Bill, Ted, David Berube and (to some degree) myself taught. (Was it last year or year before?) --Bruce Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 19:39 -0500, Bill Sconce wrote: On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:37:43 -0500 Shawn K. O'Shea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This made me wonder about TV stations in NH. I have a (technical) contact at Channel 9... New Hampshire Technical Institute: New Hampshire Technical Institute 31 College Drive, Concord, NH 03301-7412 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (603) 271-NHTI(6484) Has a program in Broadband and Telecommications Technology that deals with Analog and Digital Communications Systems. Dr. Sterling Hough is the department head, worked at Bell Labs for 30 years. I am willing to bet that they not only have a few TV cable leads that they could feed into people's boxes, but they have the equipment and expertise to analyze what is wrong if it did not work. And they probably have the space to hold an install fest. Probably his students would like to participate too. I will call him tomorrow (wednesday) and let you know. md ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
