[mythtv-users] Why did you pick MythTV VS the other PVRs?

[Mark Garland]

Hi,

I wanted all the advantages of a PVR, without the tie in of Windows Media
Center.  I was seriously tempted (as it does seem simpler to set up), but
the price tag put me off.  I also like being in control of the code, so even
though I haven't done so to date, I like to know that if I didn't like the
way something was working, I can dive in and change it (unlike Media
Center).

Also, being pretty new to Linux, I saw getting MythTV working as a bit of a
fun challenge and something I could learn from.  I've certainly learned a
fair bit and am still learning new things every day.  Admittedly, with all
the ATI issues I had, the box nearly ended up out the window several times,
but I am very pleased with the results to date.

I simply did some googling, and MythTV was at the top.  Reviews said how
great it was, and then I found that a colleague had also been having great
successes with it and I went from there.

Sadly, sounds like I'm going the same route as others.  The idea of the
networked system sounds sooo tempting, so the Gigabit network will be going
in soon and a few FrontEnds will start springing up early next year.  ;-)

Hope that helps,

MG
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of jedi
Sent: 28 August 2009 19:08
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Why did you pick MythTV VS the other PVRs?

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:28:18AM -0500, Nick F wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 3:36 AM, Tom Sparks<tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
> > the reason why I picked MythTV:
> > there is no upperlimit on capture cards, hard drive space
> > I can have as many front ends as I want
> > I can use a web based interface
> >
> > Why did you pick MythTV VS the other PVRs?
> 
> The Live 8 concert in July 2005!
> 
> My wife commented to me that it would be nice to save a recording of
> the concert given there were such one-off events as Pink Floyd getting
> together.  I was living in the UK at the time and had been thinking

...cool bit. I had forgotten about that. I had high hopes for this idea
initially but initially gave up on it pretty much. I was originally hoping
that I could record stuff off of TV for archival purposes but eventually
was dissatified with the results and decided to just buy DVDs.

    However, there have been a couple of things of an historical nature that
I have recorded and archived and I think having the ability to do this is 
really cool and a killer feature.

[deletia]

    Any recording in MythTV is just a regular file that you can copy and
transcode or archive on any platform however you like.

    I have archived stuff related to the Obama election and provided easy
copies of stuff for friends and neighbors including interesting shows and
particular bits from the last Olympics.

    There were some interesting bits from the Millenium celebrations that
I wish I could have archived in a similar manner. The new year in Bethelehem
was especially notable. I wish I had a copy of the CNN coverage of that.
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