On Thursday 29 January 2009 10:00:05 [email protected] wrote: > >> I'm looking for some ideas to help me complete my > >> installation set-up. > >> > >> I've just installed Myth on top of Ubuntu 8.04.1. > > Out of curiosity, how does the price of an SD or HD > do it yourself pvr-style setup, e.g. MythTV or other, > compare to paying for a pvr from Topfield or Beyonwiz? > > SD Topfield ... approx $700.00, with 200 GB HDD > > HD Beyonwiz ... approx $1200.00, with 320 GB HDD > > I've had an SD toppy for, oh, four years now. Only hiccup > was a damaged IR pickup which was repaired under warranty. > Live TV? What is that? > > The only downside to the two PVRs I have played with: their > software is riddled with bugs. Not show stoppers, but real > annoying little gnats that have insane workarounds. These > machines are software heavy but ... sigh.
I setup a mate with myth. He (and she who-must-be-obeyed) found the jeryness so bad that they bought a topfield and to quote him: the user interface compared to myth is unbelievably terrible. 50Hz vs 60Hz monitors, many frontends, many backends the whole gauntlet, myth jitters, but the user interface is 1000s times nicer. About to try VDPAU. James . -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
