I've dropped the idea of mythtv etc. A friend introduced me to his topfield personal video recorder (PVR), and have decided to purchase one of these later in the year. It has dual SD tuners and 120gb drive. So I can record 2 channels at once and still play something back It has a USB connection so if you want to hook up that Apple or Wintel box to copy the files off for demux/writing you can.
I think this unit will suit good and the wife appears to be interested even though the price is pretty high. I explained some aspects of the unit and she sees big advantages. I might actual not tape over programs mid week by mistake now by using an incorrect tape. Planned purchase is towards the end of the year, so in the meantime I just have to stick with the vhs tapes :(I On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:38:19 +1000, Kevin Saenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I have is mythtv running on Mandrake. Reason for this was to get > something off the ground and running quickly. The features I like with > Mythtv is that you have the option to watch TV, store your cds and > dvds to disk to watch/listen at your leisure. Mythtv is also pretty > simple to use, so it makes it kids and wife friendly. The plugins are > pretty funky. The only thing that I had trouble with was configuring > the channels to download the program guide (Thanks to ben) I was up > and running in no time. What I would like to do is get a digital > satalite capture card so that I can get digital foxtel. So if anyone > knows where I can get a digsat card, I would appreciate the help. > > > Kevin > > > > > > So what have people tried and what was there experience with these things ? > > > > Any recommendations ? > > > > Jason > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
