Component from one media center and HDMI from another.  These are straight out 
of the video card.  

 

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 2:39 PM
To: Tech-Geeks
Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Homemade DVR?

 

How is everyone outputting the signal back to their TVs?

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On 9/14/10 2:29 PM, "Andy Cottrell" <acottr...@rockfordgi.com> wrote:

The only downside to the 2250 is it is you can either watch and record 2 analog 
shows or 2 digital shows but not a digital and an analog show.  I have 2 hybrid 
tuners in my media center.  Each one has an analog connection coming from the 
cable box and a digital atsc connection for HD tv.  This allows me to 
watch/record up to 4 shows at any given time.  The cards with splitters work 
fine if a cable box is not required but if you have a box they will only allow 
one show to be watched or recorded at any given time.
 

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 2:21 PM
To: Tech-Geeks
Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Homemade DVR?

If I build one, I think I’ll be buying the Hauppauge HVR-2250.
It’s got onboard analog encoding.

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hvr2250.html


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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?

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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.  =(


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