I have a video card with an svideo out. Now I don't have HD so that works fine, but there are plenty of video cards that have HDMI/DisplayPort/DVI. The TV is the monitor. If I exit from the DVR application, I see windows XP.
>>> "William M. Bell" <be...@sages.us> 9/14/2010 2:39 PM >>> How is everyone outputting the signal back to their TVs? ---------------------------------------------- Bill Bell Asst. Technology Coordinator Monticello CUSD #25 Monticello, IL 61856 http://www.cafepress.com/tech-geeks ---------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------- 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 | NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY The information in this email, including attachments, may be confidential and/or privileged. This email is intended to be reviewed only by the individual or organization named as addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, consider yourself notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, use, or reliance on this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Please destroy all copies and formats of this message including attachments. Note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Rockford Gastroenterology. | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
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