Fab,
thanks for answering ! I know about the firmware-free device Chris will
offer. The bad point here ist that it was limited to DVB-T for Europe
IIRC..and at least for Germany this means that people outside big cities will
not be able to use it. I mean..even in big cities you sometimes require an
active antenna below your roof to get a solid receiption (which I use for my
TV).
I stick to my opinion:
Even if most blobs / firmware files are not free per definition of the FSF, a
GNU Linux box running for example with a DVB-S2 USB device which requires
firmware does "respect my freedom" much more than any closed box such as the
name DVB-S receiver does. Especially since, while I have not(!) control about
the firmware file, I have full control about the remaining 95% of the system
:)
I do not endorse / promote this solution and since it is a philosophical
problem, I will end here.
Most likely the best / honest answer to Pascal should have been that
currently there is no free option for recording TV. At least not unless you
get on hold of a device which runs without firmware files. I am quite a while
with GNU Linux and own / have owned a lot of "TV devices". I can not remember
one of them running without firmware.
My French is a bit rusty but as I could read Freevo relies on MythTV for
recording and GeeXboX looks more like an XBMC-variant to me without recording
capabilities.
Regards,
Holger
