[mythtv-users] Changing Tuners

Yeechang Lee ylee at pobox.com
Thu Jul 3 05:01:56 UTC 2008


Bill White <raygions at yahoo.com> says:
> > Of course, the best answer as we all know is to stop using LiveTV
> > and just watch what's been recorded. ;)
> 
> Mindless 2am channel surfing requires live TV :-)

My MythWeb says:

   1110 programs, using 7.8 TB (2 months 5 days 15 hrs 35 mins) out of
   9.2 TB (1004 GB free).

I have never, ever felt the need to surf live TV.

Yes, my system is an extreme case. Storage is so cheap nowadays,
though, that there's no reason why any MythTV setup can't have, say,
500GB of space. Even when (like my system) the vast majority of the
recordings are in high definition, that's still a good ~100 hours of
recordings. I never felt the need to surf live TV during the several
years my TiVo had about that many hours of (standard-definition)
recordings, either.

-- 
Frontend:		P4 3.0GHz, 1.5TB software RAID 5 array
Backend:		Quad-core Xeon 1.6GHz, 6.6TB sw RAID 6
Video inputs:		Four high-definition over FireWire/OTA
Accessories:		47" 1080p LCD, 5.1 digital, and MX-600


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