<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Good point. I definitely want to view / record all channels since I subscribe to premium and sports channels, but the DVR is not required. So, given these considerations, I plan on replacing the existing HD DVR with an HD STB. <br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Jerry Rubinow <jerrymr@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, March 20, 2009 3:11:10 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [mythtv-users] New MythTV Project<br></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/3/20 Daniel Dunning <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:dan3501@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:dan3501@yahoo.com">dan3501@yahoo.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div>Folks,<br><br>I've dabbled with MythTV some time ago, and loved it. Now, I want to build a box completely from scratch to truly exploit it. I am building from scratch, and looking for purchase recommendations to integrate with existing Verizon FIOS HD-DVR. I am not bound by anything that I currently own and am looking for components that will work well together and will run under Ubuntu. I'm willing to build piecemeal or purchase the system as a package. A dual tuner system would be nice, but not necessary. It is more important to me that I would be able to get rid of my existing FIOS HD DVR than to be able to record two channels at once. <br>
<br>I appreciate all input and suggestions, as I am looking to start building the system in the
next couple of weeks after ordering all components. </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You say you want to integrate with your STB and get rid of your STB. Which is it? Note that if you want to record any channels >= 50 (excepting OTA HD channels that FIOS carries) from Verizon FIOS, you will need a STB (not necessarily the DVR STB).</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Jerry</div></div>
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