[mythtv-users] [UK] YouView/Project Canvas

[Steve Daniels]

On 19 October 2010 19:51, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 19 October 2010 10:06, Steve Daniels <steve.p.daniels at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Soo.... I've got an ageing MythTV setup running at my parents house
>> and I'm getting married and moving out in a week or so.
>
> Congratulations :)

Thanks!

>
>> Do I want to go to the effort of setting up a MythTV system in the new
>> house, and maintaining my parents setup.
>>
>> OR
>>
>> Do I put up with just Freeview/iPlayer and hang fire and wait for
>> YouView [1] mid 2011. Or do I bite the bullet?
>>
>> I only really used MythTV for recording and playback of Freeview.
>
> A simple cost-benefit analysis question: do you get _enough_ benefit
> out of the features of MythTV to make it a worthwhile investment of
> time and money? Do you need to be able to record/timeshift TV on more
> than 2 tuners and/or make use of multirec? Do you want to be able to
> watch content wherever you are in the house? Do you want timestretch
> available for playback?

Thinking about it, the house is rather small and I don't rely on
timestretch at all.
I can see myself going with YouView box that hopefully has DLNA built
in (failing that a TV or bluray player).

>
> I also have it on good authority that the pitter-patter of tiny feet
> can make a Mythbox really come into its own :)
>
> Cheers,
> Nick

Thanks for the reply,

Steve Daniels