[mythtv-users] Cheap and quiet hardware for SD MythTV - possible?
Simon Hobson
linux at thehobsons.co.uk
Thu Jul 30 19:44:12 UTC 2009
Stroller wrote:
>My mum's Freeview box has just died - since a
>replacement is £30, I started thinking about a
>PVR instead. Off the shelf ones are £80 to £100
>and this naturally started me thinking about
>MythTV, but I'm a bit stumped on how to do
>MythTV without doubling the price.
...
> it's kinda a shame the hardware options don't
>seem to have improved much in the last couple of
>years [1]. Or am I missing something?
Realistically, you aren't going to build a Myth
system for less than you can buy an off the shelf
box. I doubt if anyone involved has ever thought
about it as a cost saving effort - more as a
means of getting better features without the lock
in to be found on many boxes.
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