On Dec 1, 2007 4:04 PM, Jim the Standing Bear <<a href="mailto:standingbear@gmail.com">standingbear@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
sweet. Thanks Josh.<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>On Dec 1, 2007 5:00 PM, Josh <<a href="mailto:TwoOneSix@thatclothingco.com">TwoOneSix@thatclothingco.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> On Dec 1, 2007 4:55 PM, Jim the Standing Bear <
<a href="mailto:standingbear@gmail.com">standingbear@gmail.com</a>><br>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Hello,<br>> ><br>> > I am too cheap to subscribe to any TV service, and will only use my
<br>> > box as a DVD/CD/MP3 player so I wont have to change discs too often.<br>> > Will mythTV be an overkill for me, because I get the impression that<br>> > its main focus is to capture TV stream? Thanks.
<br>> ><br>> > Jim<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > mythtv-users mailing list<br>> > <a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>> >
<a href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users" target="_blank">http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br>> ><br>> ><br>><br>> I find my MythTV server to be extremely useful as a media server. I have 2
<br>> front end machines that only watch recorded TV about once a week and the<br>> rest of the time they are playing music or watching movies. I know a guy<br>> with a HD setup that uses his MythTV to host his media (and his SD stuff)
<br>> but he pipes his HD stuff directly to his TV. I wouldn't say it's overkill,<br>> no.<br>><br>> --<br>> Josh<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> mythtv-users mailing list
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http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br><br>Cant you get TV OTA? I dont find cable/dish worth the money when most stuff i watch is on the networks. If you use a digital tuner you can get a perfect picture quality. If you are within 50 miles from the tower you can get a good signal strength with a 100 or less antenna.
<br><br>Just an idea for you.<br><br>Mitchell<br>