[mythtv-users] Commercial PVR offerings - is MythTv still competitive ?

[George Mogielnicki]

> George Mogielnicki wrote:
>> I think you did not follow the post from the beginning. Unfortunately,
>> this is happening a lot on this thread, just knee jerk reactions to the
>> latest snippet. Let me try again:
>>
>> I'm a mythv user for at least 3 or 4 years (my first was Fedora 3 or 4
>> using Jarod Wilson guide). I have a working SD system on Happauge 150
>> card, 2TB of raid storage on NFS, etc... I'm not afraid of Linux and
>> command line, my kids have ltsp workstations running ubuntu, Windows is
>> relegated to vmware, I run lots of Linux server and desktop stuff at
>> home
>> ...
>>
>> I already have something ugly sitting next to my audio rack. If I
>> ugrade,
>> I want an improvement - small, CF boot, silent as possible, has to play
>> 1080 HD, hence miniItx. For this configuration VDPAU is a must at least
>> from thermal point of view.
>>
>> Speaking of thermal and noise, the HD receiver I'm testing now has no
>> fan.
>> The only noise coming from this setup is my usb drive humming.
>>
>> George
>>
>>
>>> You won't be spending time compiling and troubleshooting VDPAU, because
>>> it's not part of a stable release yet.
>>>
>>> Since you're not yet a mythtv user, I'm assuming you're not willing to
>>> commit to running the latest bleeding-edge myth release, for which you
>>> do have to compile your own code, and follow along on the dev mailing
>>> list to keep up on what's changed, what's broken, what's working, etc.
>>>
>>> A better option for you would be to start without the HDPVR, and just
>>> try out Mythtv with existing hardware you might already have, using
>>> MPEG2 and SD or OTA, on the latest stable release.  Or if you don't
>>> already have the hardware, buy something that can be upgraded or
>>> re-purposed.  Don't start with the Mini-ITX system, start with
>>> something
>>> ugly that just sits next to the tv, and is relatively quiet, not
>>> necessarily silent, but a lot cheaper.
>>>
>>> Then, once you get a sense of whether the software and features are
>>> worth it to you, then start planning how you'll want to upgrade it.
>>> Or,
>>>   if it's not worth it to you, bask in the self-satisfaction that you
>>> spent little or no money to find out.
>>>
>>>
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> George,
>      It's very hard to follow this thread because of the top
> posting...It better to bottom post so everyone can follow the flow of
> the thread...Bottom posting is the forum rule,set by the list owner...
>

Like that ? Sorry about it, now that you mention it I remember from other
posts. I did not post for quite a long time here.

George