Thanks, David. I'll be happy to explain why it's relevant, since I have edited the caustic out of my draft response.
It is relevent because: 1) I am an active member of BRLUG and have been for a number of years 2)..Read number 1 again. 3) The discussion was about using a PVR (a.k.a. HTPC) to record television, which I do 4) The discussion mentioned MythTV and problems with it. I don't use MythTV 5) The discussion mentioned PVR-250's--- I have positive experience with and recommend PVR-250's 6) I don't sell SageTV, PVR-250's, Windows boxes or HTPC's (this wasn't UCE) 7) I prefaced it by saying "For those who are interested...", expecting that some people would not be interested in attending 8) I am doing a _volunteer_ presentation at a _local_ _computer_hobbyist_club_ that welcomes visitors 9) I _invited_ attendance to a non-commercial presentation that I am making 10) I even warned you that it would not be focused on Linux, since I don't want anyone to come under false pretenses. Even though Clickers has a Linux Newbies SIG that meets jointly with the BRLUG Newbies group -- and meets at the Clickers facilities, it's still primarily a Windows-centeric group. 11) I mentioned that the MS "WinXP MCE" solution was not acceptable to many people (and why) at the Clickers' December meeting (do I get a brownie point for that?) If you are offended by my post because my PVR runs under Windows and not under Linux, then I suggest that you reread the thread (not just the section quoted) and read the various websites about Linux PVR software alternatives (the words "beta," "preliminary," "not stable," and "to be added later" appear all too frequently). If I wanted to run a Linux PVR, which I seriously considered at design time last spring, I'd still be running multiple VCRs for my family, in addition -- and still setting the timers for them, too. My HTPC routinely gets used by the wife and son, neither of whom are techies nor are they understanding at all to any "it's not working right now" or "I'm trying to find a new driver" excuses. Terry Stockdale At 04:13 PM 1/4/2005, David Jackson wrote: >I fail to see how this is relevant. > >David > >Terry Stockdale wrote: > >>For those who are interested, I will be doing a presentation this >>Thursday night (1/6/05) at 6:15pm at the Cajun Clickers Computer >>Club. Location is the Christian Life Fellowship Hall, at 2037 Quail >>Drive, behind Pennington Biomedical Center. Quail Drive is just west of >>Pennington, off of Perkins, at the light. Visitors are welcome. >> >>My topic will be "Upgrading to a Home Theater PC" and will be focused on >>Windows boxes as HTPCs, with little more than a mention that there are >>some Linux alternatives for the software. SageTV software, which I use, >>runs on Win98SE and later. The Hauppauge PVR-250 requires P3-733+ for >>its software. I've used it on a P3-750. On my HTPC, I have an Athlon XP >>2500+ and three PVR-250's. The PVR-250 has its encoding in hardware. >> >>In December, Clickers had someone from MS showing the new Windows MCE >>boxes, but most people were turned off when they found that they couldn't >>"upgrade" their machine's OS to this new XP version. >>Personally, I found its interface just "too cute." WinXP MCE is available >>only as OEM software. >> >>You can see my HTPC on my website. Come to the Clickers meeting if you >>want to see it in person. >> >>Terry >>Terry Stockdale -- Baton Rouge, LA
