[mythtv-users] it is TOO a DVR (no, not just a capture device) [was Re: The Bigger... Disk contest, Fall 2007 edition]

[Tony Godshall]

On 10/19/07, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> Tony Godshall wrote:
>
> >> Interesting, but the unit I was describing is only a capture device, it
> >> needs a computer and software to be useful. I think I paid around $140
> >> for mine.
> >
> > No, you are wrong.  A computer is not required.  It's programmed
> > through its remote and TV on-screen display.  It does not require a
> > computer.  It is a computer.  A real DVR.  It doesn't have its own
> > tuner, true: it tunes your cable box via serial or infrared.
>
> I was referring to the Plextor device, not the neuros thing.

Ah, right.  But it's overpriced if you can buy a complete DVR for the
same price.

> > It's also friendly to hacking.
>
> Interesting

Yup