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<DIV><SPAN class=750592106-03112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
would like to say unlikey. But I know for a fact at least three at a time. So
that leaves room for a show or two to record and everyone watching TV. But I do
hear what you are saying.</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> Chris Ribe
[mailto:chrisribe@gmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 02, 2005
7:19 PM<BR><B>To:</B> jmlewis@dslextreme.com; Discussion about
mythtv<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [mythtv-users] Setup
advice<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>One more thing: <BR><BR>Even though you have 5 TVs,
make sure you really need 5 tuners. How often are all 5 TV's in use at
the same time? Now, consider that each of those 5 TV's will have access
to a huge library of previously recorded shows and DVDs. Now, how likely
is it that you will ever need 5 tuners simultaneously? <BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 11/2/05, <B class=gmail_sendername>Chris
Ribe</B> <<A href="mailto:chrisribe@gmail.com">chrisribe@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">MPEG4
will never work with something like the MediaMVP. It has a chip
dedicated to video decoding that doesn't understand MPEG4 and never will.
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 11/2/05, <B class=gmail_sendername>Chris
Ribe</B> <<A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:chrisribe@gmail.com" target=_blank> chrisribe@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">An
admittedly ugly/noisy solution, but and whitebox/dell/gateway pc
ca.1998-2000 w/ a 17" CRT will make a decent frontend. <BR><BR>17"
CRTs can be had for free, and they work as HDTV monitors!
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 11/2/05, <B class=gmail_sendername>Joshua
Lewis</B> <<A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:jmlewis@dslextreme.com" target=_blank>jmlewis@dslextreme.com
</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">So
do I make MPEG4 work?<BR><BR>Do I wait untill they release a new version
or do you think they will<BR>enable that with some kind of
update?<BR><BR>Does anyone else have a setup model like mine? Do you use
some cheap PC or <BR>something? I am looking for super cheap thinclient
front ends I am dumping<BR>all the money into the back end.<BR><BR>So
any recomendations on front end hardware is welcome. There is a
new<BR>AOPEN MiniPC (Wannabe Apple MACMini) that looks like it would
work but I <BR>am not familiar with linux hardware to say one way or
another.<BR><BR><BR>Thank you,<BR>Joshua Lewis<BR><BR><BR><BR>Peter
Darley<BR>> Michael,<BR>>
That's great, I probably just missed it. How do you do it?
<BR>> Thanks,<BR>> Peter Darley<BR>><BR>> -----Original
Message-----<BR>> From: <A
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target=_blank>mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org </A><BR>> [mailto:<A
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href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org" target=_blank>
mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org</A>]On Behalf Of Mr. Myth<BR>> Sent:
Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:10 PM<BR>> To: Discussion about
mythtv<BR>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Setup
advice<BR>><BR>><BR>> Peter Darley wrote:
<BR>><BR>>><BR>>> Third, the MVPs
can't delete shows, so the users will have to pay<BR>>>
atention to what they watch and then delete it through mythweb
or<BR>>> something. This probably doesn't pass your
ease of use test. I <BR>>> doubt that my wife would be
willing to do that, for example.<BR>><BR>><BR>> I can delete
shows just fine from my mvp. I have only had it for a
few<BR>> months but it has always worked.<BR>><BR>>
Michael<BR>><BR>>
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