SageTV is pay-for, but the Linux version has some rough edges. It was once distributed as a full Linux version, but now it's just some .deb's or tarballs. You want to be completely working on MythTV if ever switching over to the Linux version SageTV. (The Windows version may be easy-peasy, though.)
Also for any system, you want to have strong signal, like come into the house, go straight into an apartment-complex-type amplifier-splitter, and have a "home run" cable to each tuner in the house (eliminate regular splitters). Properly crimped cables (no screw-on type) will help you not lose the high-end channels. IMO SageTV has better integration with its TV guide. There's no fee for its TV guide service, so after a few years it's a wash. There's a $20/year subscription fee for the MythTV one if I recall correctly. I've got a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 1600, it has two tuners, one analog, one digital. The analog tuner will let you pull in a VCR or whatever analog devices you have around. Usually you'd watch TV on the frontend's computer monitor. Rich / ICN-RTC7 Champaign On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 2:09 PM, William M. Bell <be...@sages.us> wrote: > 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<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<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 | > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >
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