On 07/09/2026 16:38, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
Haven't used one, but isn't that what
https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-tv-hat/ does?
Not quite. All that does is provide a tuner. A top-of-the range PVR
provides around 1-2 TB HDD, a Program Guide and a number of Apps. I
suspect that I could do all that with a Pi, and probably a bit cheaper,
but I'd have to purchase a suitably sized HDD and obtain a a media
package and that still wouldn't give me access to Netflix, Prime Video,
etc.
Gave up access to live TV years ago; removing the temptation to sit down
and ‘find something to watch’ by channel hopping saves much limited time.
That's what the Program Guide is for. I simply pick my favourite
programs from the Guide and mark them for recording. Later, I view them
in my own time, fast-forwarding over the ad breaks. I very rarely watch
a program contemporaneously.
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