<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">of completely dropping analog. So I seem to be forced with the choice of going<br>
to either Dish TV or Direct TV.<br>
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So, I am seeking the wisdom of the list. Which of these is more<br>
"Myth TV friendly"? I would like to be able to continue to have the computer<br>
tune the chancels for the recordings. I have no HD capable<br>
equipment, and don't see myself affording any in the foreseeable<br>
future, so which have people had more success with?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>stan, </div><div><br></div><div> One advantage that Dish receivers have is that they can be set to 16 different IR code sets, so that you can easily use ONE instance of LIRC to control several set-top-boxes.</div>
<div><br></div><div> I had Dish for about 11 years, and used Myth with Dish for about half that time. I had 3 Standard-Def STBs controlled by MythTV via IR, feeding S-Video and Analog audio into Hauppauge PVR-150 and PVR-500 tuners. </div>
<div><br></div><div> IR channel changing can often be frustrating to setup, but it does work well. I had excellent results with it with just minimal 'tweaking'. </div><div><br></div><div> I can share my old Dish channel change scripts and LIRC configuration files to make things easier if you chose to go that route. ;-) </div>
<div><br></div><div> J-e-f-f-A</div></div>