> -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Morphis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 8:48 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: PVR suggestions > > Jim, that's some real good information, I appreciate it. > I was wondering how to record multiple shows at once with DirecTV, > which is what we have. So basically it'd be like a fancy VCR? With the > ability to set it up to record shows in the future?
Exactly - that's the best way to look at it. A media PC can't do anything magical here - it's just as limited as VCR or a TIVO or whatever as far as tuner capabilities. There are some capture cards out there that support CableCard (if your cable company does) that could get around this, but they're still very pricey (and unfortunately very buggy). In fact that's why the PVR aspects of this could really be done just as well or better with a dedicated PVR like a Tivo. What you gain with a Media PC is the ability to choose an interface and usually more disk space. It's all the extras that make a Media PC worth the trouble: playing downloadable video files, online stuff (using YouTube on the big TV) and games. > Anyways, yeah it doesn't seem like we need a power house system. We > have a Wii, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, and we enjoy playing games on the > consoles, but I do have some ROMs from older gen consoles that I > wouldnt mind playing occasionally. > Anyways, I appreciate the input! Emulation of older systems is easy - anything will do it. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233496 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
