[mythtv-users] Myth vs. Sage vs. Beyond

[WiFi Fun]

Ed, I feel your pain. But I fear no love will come from this list. I
spent the last 2 days fighting with ivtv issues on my older two older
pvr250's and on older pvr500 card. I have had the 500 for over a year,
and the 250's are a couple of years old. There has been some ongoing
issues with them that prompted me to upgrade my mythtv system. In the
end, after lots and lots of time spent fighting this and testing the
cards, I have come to the conclusion the ivtv just can't hang. The
same cards used in crappy windows produce stable clean images. Image
quality from the same source, and the same cards is noticeably
cleaner, sharper, and less noisy using windows. I tried Sage and
Beyond yesterday, and hate them both. They are as ugly as myth, but
for 1/10 the functionality. I think for my purposes, I really love
myth and admire the work done to make it what it is. But I am sick of
giving up quality. I hate windows so much that I will not be using
BTV, or Sage, so I have called and ordered the DVR's from Verizon
Fios. These are crap compared to Myth, but with these to take care of
my wife and family, and BitTorrent TV sites to take care of my
watching needs, I think I am jumping ship.