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| mwong168:
--- Quote from: reko19 on December 07, 2009, 02:26:54 pm ---Good info, many thanks. Could someone chime in on DVR interface? Can't picture it being as good as the box I got from the cable provider. --- End quote --- Well I never really looked into the DVR interface but I know Mediaportal does support something called MyTV which comes as part of the base install. MediaPortal TV * Supports analog TV, DVB-C, DVB-T, DVB-S and ATSC * HDTV and AC3 support * Support for multiple tuners * Record, watch, and timeshift Live TV * Advanced recording scheduler: - Record once - Record now - Daily o Weekly - Weekdays (Mon-Fri) - Every time a program appears on this TV channel * Timeshifting,Watch, Pause, Rewind, FF, RW Live TV * Advanced recording management: - Handle conflicts - Set recording priorities - Quality settings / recording - Transcode to WMD, XVID or MPG - Diskmanagement auto deletes old and/or watched recordings * TVGuide: - Grab DVB-EPG & MHW-EPG directly for DVB - Supports XMLTV - Colors for genres * TV Guide search * TV Channel grouping * Supports over > 10000 channels * Auto channel tuning * Normal OSD (On Screen Display during movies/tv) * Special ZAP OSD (Shows description of what is playing currently on TV) * Support for Teletext * Standby control to put your HTPC sleeping. It will awake when there a recording needs to start My guess is you have to find out which TV tuner card to get that is compatible with your local provider? |
| Hoopz:
Getting rid of the monthly fee is a great reason. The tuner card is the most important aspect of that. I'd put a lot of time into the ins and outs of the various cards. I know Hauppauge used to be the best in that area but I'm not sure where it's gone in the last year or two. You may do a quick search at Maximumpc.com to see what articles they have on it too. |
| reko19:
another great reference, by the time we are done with this post I'll have all homework done for me. :applaud: checked out BYOPVR.com, a lot of good iinfo thanks again |
| bkenobi:
My Tivo only costs $5.99/month. I've been throwing this idea around for a while, but haven't done anything about it because I thought the guide data was going to be a big issue. Can anyone who knows say whether guide data is available for free without the hassle of filling out surveys? If so, I'll go do more research into everything else. Thanks for the great info so already provided! |
| ChadTower:
Huh I had never seen Navi-X. It might be time to update the version of XBMC I use. |
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