[mythtv-users] The final word on Freevo, Tivo and MythTV for channel surfers

Viitasaari public at viitasaari.ca
Tue Nov 21 00:00:04 UTC 2006


On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 17:43 -0600, Dewey Smolka wrote:
> Ummmm.
> 
> * $100 CAD for the unit + $78 CAD/month for the privilege of recording
> ($98 CAD / month for PVR + HD). -- i.e. $1036 CAD for the first year
> for SD, $1276 CAD for the first year for HD.
That was $149.00CAD for the unit and I am already paying $99.00/month
for every SD channel available.  There are less than a dozen HD channels
so its not worth it yet...one day.
> 
> * No way to dump the sat programming or recordings to a more capable
> Myth machine.
Anything recorded is re-playable and everything that's re-playable can
be offloaded via the feeds on the back of the unit.
> 
> * No way to expand storage capacity.
Considering I probably record a couple of hours a month I am not worried
about extra storage capacity.
> 
> * No way to offload recorded programs to disc or portable player.
Anything recorded is re-playable and everything that's re-playable can
be offloaded via the feeds on the back of the unit.
> 
> * No way to store music, photos, or videos. No archiving of DVDs.
Can use my Myth box for all that.
> 
> * No network connectivity.
Don't need it...don't want it.
> 
> * Only 3 days of program data.
3 hours is all I need.
> * No web interface for scheduling/managing recordings.
Don't need it...don't want it.
> 
> * Channel browser more or less identical to MythTV.
True.
> 
> * No guarantee or even insinuation that changing a channel will take
> less than the 2 seconds or so it takes any sat system to change a
> channel.
Already checked...it's 2 seconds for a channel change.
> 
> Doesn't look so hot to me.
For a channel surfer its a dream machine.
> 
> But I am glad that this is the final word on the matter. Hope you enjoy it.
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