Dan, I've had a mythtv machine for a few years now. Some of that time it's been limping along, but now it's not bad on ubuntu 12.04. I like the hdhomerun box that is on my network and doesn't need any driver magic. I also have an old hd3000 card that does require some magic (firmware upload at boot). If I did it again, I'd just get two hdhomerun boxes. The hdhomerun also provides one IR relay to udp port. lirc can pick that up.
I have no OTA so I have to use comcast and record from their unencrypted channels. I won't pay for anything from them that is encrypted so I'm never wishing for one of their DVRs. Good luck Brad /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
