[mythtv-users] Cheap and quiet hardware for SD MythTV - possible?

[Simon Hobson]

Stroller wrote:

>My mum's Freeview box has just died - since a 
>replacement is £30, I started thinking about a 
>PVR instead. Off the shelf ones are £80 to £100 
>and this naturally started me thinking about 
>MythTV, but I'm a bit stumped on how to do 
>MythTV without doubling the price.
...
>  it's kinda a shame the hardware options don't 
>seem to have improved much in the last couple of 
>years [1]. Or am I missing something?

Realistically, you aren't going to build a Myth 
system for less than you can buy an off the shelf 
box. I doubt if anyone involved has ever thought 
about it as a cost saving effort - more as a 
means of getting better features without the lock 
in to be found on many boxes.

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