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<DIV><SPAN class=654582920-18122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>a side
note.. without getting into linux vs windows.. or feature
comparisons..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=654582920-18122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
purchased a new card off ebay last week, and wanted to make sure it worked. so i
installed it on my windows machine.. and thought to myself, "hey i can get
sagetv working in 5 minutes and see what this whole PVR thing is
about"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=654582920-18122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>then
after downloading i found out that sagetv doesnt support canada.. so sagetv is
useless as far as i'm concerned</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Sean<BR><B>Sent:</B> December 18, 2003 8:51 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Discussion about mythtv<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mythtv-users] MythTV vs. SageTV
vs. Etc....<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Now, before we get started, let me say that I am a
true believer in MythTV and its bright future. I also now understand fully
what a convergence appliance can mean and expect this industry to grow quickly
in the coming years. <BR>I really want this to be a fair discussion about
where MythTV stands in the PVR market. What has spurned this debate in my own
mind is the discovery/re-discovery of a program called SageTV:<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.freytechnologies.com/">http://www.freytechnologies.com/</A><BR><BR>Now,
from a first glance, SageTV looks like the closest real competition to
MythTV’s PVR functionality. It can timeshift television, schedule programming
from a non-subscription based service through available internet connection,
and most surprisingly to me, handle multiple tuner cards. It can also act as a
server/client to stream programming thoughout a LAN. Like MythTV, it seems to
have a very active development cycle and user/fan base.<BR><BR>It does not,
however, support some of Myth’s peripheral features. I can find no mention of
transcoding, DVD ripping or modules like weather, news, or game emulation. It
does look like the conflict resolution is quite good and they claim the box
can actually predict programming that you might want to watch based on viewing
habits, like TIVO. <BR><BR>The most interesting thing to a nOOb like myself is
that is runs on Win2k/XP. For me, and likely many others, this is attractive
in that we don’t have to learn a new OS. Personally, I enjoyed the thrill of
setting up my MythBox in that I learn something new everytime. I feel more
comfortable with Linux in general now, but still realize that I am missing
some basic level knowledge that would make me less dependent on the various
guides and community support. In other words, whenever something “breaks” I
feel a little helpless and frustrated. It is only a guess, but I feel much
more confident fixing something in Windows and would therefore feel less
likely to bash my little computer into junk less quickly should, say, my
system crashed in the middle of a high-load operation (transcoding, 3 weeks
ago).<BR><BR>So, how do we feel about how Myth stands up against the
competition? Linux is undeniably more stable in general, but support for the
hardware is behind that of the Wintel world. Truth be told, my general wish
for my PVR as it stands is an easy way to archive my shows to DVD-Video. Right
now, it isn’t easy for me and if Sage or anyone else can give me the PVR
functionality of Myth, with an easy archival tool (and yes, I know several on
the list have talked about development of such a system) I will take a hard
look at it.<BR><BR>-Sean</SPAN></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>