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Check out this thread at avsforum. Myth is not quite well represented
there, but there seems to be lot of information about sage tv (and also
snap stream, if you care)<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=321916&perpage=20&pagenumber=1">http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=321916&perpage=20&pagenumber=1</a><br>
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Sean wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="midBC073700.BCF6%25shomann2@insightbb.com">
<title>MythTV vs. SageTV vs. Etc</title>
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<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>
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<a href="http://www.freytechnologies.com/">http://www.freytechnologies.com/</a><br>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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-Sean</span></font>
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