So, is it a dedicated DVR system? Do you keep it near your TV? How do you output the video to your TV?
---------------------------------------------- Bill Bell Asst. Technology Coordinator Monticello CUSD #25 Monticello, IL 61856 http://www.cafepress.com/tech-geeks ---------------------------------------------- On 9/14/10 2:08 PM, "Tom Czachor" <tczac...@ctclc.edu> wrote: > Media center let my other computer share from the computer with the tuner > card, e.g. my son on his xbox360 can connect and watch tv on his xbox. > > It was also a less convoluted setup, everything built in/included. The others > you had to setup and get tuner working, then configure your TV guide. Some > were paid services, some were XML scrapers from other services, they went down > because someone changed their layout and then the scrapers had to be > rewritten. Too much like work to watch tv! > > It is an AMD Athlon 64, K8N Neo MB, 2GB ram (I think) and a Hauppauge PVR-150 > tuner. Nothing fancy or new, I’ve been using it for a few years and it still > worked, just upped the OS. All I have added is some additional codecs. > > > Tom Czachor > Instructor - Computer Systems Technology > Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County > 3201 Rockwell Ave, Scranton, PA 18508 > 570-346-8471 > http://cmt.ctclc.edu <http://cmt.ctclc.edu/> > http://www.ctclc.edu <http://www.ctclc.edu/> > EET, CompTIA A+ & i-Net+ certified > > > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of William M. Bell > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:49 PM > To: Tech-Geeks > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Homemade DVR? > > What was your reasoning for switching to Windows 7 Media Center? > What’s the specs of your system(s)? > What TV Tuner cards are you using? > > ---------------------------------------------- > Bill Bell > Asst. Technology Coordinator > Monticello CUSD #25 > Monticello, IL 61856 > http://www.cafepress.com/tech-geeks > ---------------------------------------------- > > > > > On 9/14/10 1:48 PM, "Tom Czachor" <tczac...@ctclc.edu> wrote: > I tried both and wound up using GBPVR http://www.gbpvr.com/ for while, then I > just went to Windows 7 Media Center. > > Tom Czachor > Instructor - Computer Systems Technology > Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County > 3201 Rockwell Ave, Scranton, PA 18508 > 570-346-8471 > http://cmt.ctclc.edu <http://cmt.ctclc.edu/> > http://www.ctclc.edu <http://www.ctclc.edu/> > EET, CompTIA A+ & i-Net+ certified > > > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of William M. Bell > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:29 PM > To: Tech-Geeks > Subject: [tech-geeks] Homemade DVR? > > Has anyone set up or experimented with MythTV or SageTV as a DVR? > > MythTV - http://www.mythtv.org/ > SageTV - http://www.sagetv.com/ > > My wife has been bugging me about getting a DVR, and I just don’t want another > monthly charge. =( > > > ---------------------------------------------- > Bill Bell > Asst. Technology Coordinator > Monticello CUSD #25 > Monticello, IL 61856 > http://www.cafepress.com/tech-geeks > ---------------------------------------------- > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
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