Don't get me started on the crap I had to go through with getting directv in the new house.
Long story short... after almost 4 weeks, I only have holes in my siding to show for it... On Nov 20, 2007 12:37 PM, James Kuhns <james at kuhns-la.com> wrote: > I fully agree, it was fun and informative playing with the > hardware/software > but in the end, I realized the time/money I was spending reinventing the > wheel was costing me more than the 5-10 bucks a month it costs for an > off-the-shelf box that already did what I wanted. > > Now, if DirectTV would just pick up my locals in HD I could dump our COX > cable package. > > James > > -----Original Message----- > From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On > Behalf > Of -ray > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 1:22 PM > To: general at brlug.net > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] mythtv box > > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, James Kuhns wrote: > > > I gave up on capturing TV on a PC - I've tried MythTV, MS Media Center, > and > > SageTV with different capture cards - none looked as good as the boxes > from > > my sat and cable provider. The only thing I use my HTPCs for is to > > watch/listen to the DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray/CD collection stored on my media > > server, granted this is enough, just the ability to pick a movie from > the > > menu without having to hunt the disk down is great. > > I'm in the same boat. I gave up on MythTV/SageTV/BeyondTV/etc. Maybe i'm > getting old. Tinkering with the hardware/software is fun, and you learn a > lot. But at the end of the day, I just want to watch TV. The Tivo > hardware is cheap, the software works, and the $10/month is worth it to > me. > > ray > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org > Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University > IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.1/1141 - Release Date: > 11/20/2007 > 11:34 AM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.1/1141 - Release Date: > 11/20/2007 > 11:34 AM > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.brlug.net/pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20071120/37772bb9/attachment-0001.html
