>I am looking to see what folks might have used themselves to >accomplish similar goals
>>Something like an Apple TV to manage the downstairs push or to enable >>later additional screens - I like "it just works" appliances - I spend far >>too much time at work with my head in the software guts of enterprise >>stuff to want to tinker at home. I think the only interesting item on your list is the Apple TV/DVR because that technology is so far from being perfected. How much time and effort would you put into this? After some research and discussion with someone who had rolled their own (Myth TV etc.) I figured out that this would be the only way to get everything I wanted. I also realized that it was more work than I had time for. Based on what people told me on this List I decided that the not too bad and very easy solution was a Tivo. I've had one for about 2 months now. In many ways it is not as good as my old Replay box, but it does have all the modern bells and whistles (HD, internet connection, sharing content between boxes, media downloads). ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
