[mythtv-users] Is MythTV the best HD-DVR? Vote at EngadgetHD

Henry A Harper III hah at alumni.rice.edu
Wed Mar 26 16:50:41 UTC 2008


> On 26/03/2008, Kevin Kuphal <kkuphal at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I saw today that EngadgetHD is running a poll on the best
> HD-DVR.  Vote for
> > your favorite
> >
> > http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/20/poll-who-makes-the-best-hd-dvr/
>
> As a UK-based non-HD user (apart from BBC HD on DVB-S), how many of
> these DVRs actually let you record all of the HD stations you can
> receive - in HD?

All of the ones that come from a cable/sat provider of course will record
(and keep locked down to the best of their ability) everything available in
HD from that provider in HD; DirecTV/Dish also tend to enable OTA HD
recording. However DirecTV just started counting OTA as part of their HD
package so no pay for HD package, no OTA watching/recording (if your box is
current enough for this new "feature" to be auto-downloaded) & their latest
HD DVR doesn't have built-in OTA tuners anyway (add-on module coming very
soon). Tivo HD and S3 will do OTA, and CableCard lets them act like a cable
box as well. Vista/Media Center and Sage tend to have the same HD
restrictions as MythTV - only OTA is easy. Not sure if they will do
Firewire. There are a few Vista boxes with CableCard tuners but these have
to be certified by the manufacturer as a system for maximum DRMness so no
building your own.



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