[mythtv-users] My mom wants a DVR...

[Travis Tabbal]

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Jeff Jensen <jjensen at apache.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We've had MythTV .21 running since last fall, and has been going well (good
> WAF!) with our simple setup.  I moved to it from a nice DVR due to no
> digital tuner in it (US OTA).
>
> My mother has asked me to get her a DVR for her nice 42" HDTV.  It needs to
> have a digital tuner (US OTA) and prefer HDD.  Naturally, I'd like to use
> Myth.  However, she doesn't have a "convenient" setup for it (TV is in a
> "loft" area, no computer around).  Additionally, I'm afraid of time
> requirement to support a second Myth system (I have difficulty just making
> time to upgrade mine!).  So I've been looking into other stand-alone ideas
> and traditional DVRs.
>
> I've been to some brick stores, online stores, Googled around, and have not
> found a DVR that has HDD, digital tuner, HD output.  It seems "pick your
> two
> features" exist, but not all three?  Anyone know of one?
>
> I also tried to find a "device", but other than Tivo, what is there?
>
> How have others solved the "remote TV location" problem without wires for a
> computer-based solution?
>
> What ideas do you have/what would you do?
>


What wires would you need? It sounds like this would be a combined FE/BE, so
you don't need networking other than for schedule data. WiFi works for that.
A small form factor machine (Mini-ITX?) with an HDHR for the tuners and IR
receiver with a short ethernet cable should get you going if you want to go
with Myth. If it's not directly exposed to the internet, don't worry about
updating it too often. Wait for a nice stable release running on your
machine, then go over and do the upgrade. Even better if you have the
ability to snapshot the filesystem so you can revert to the old version if
the new one doesn't work out well for you. I believe LVM can do that.

I don't know of any turnkey solutions other than Tivo for what you want.
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