[Cialug] DVRs

[jrnosee at gmail.com]

Yeah...I have a series 2 TiVo (w/ lifetime), but I've noticed the video
quality isn't as good as I'd like, and there are a *few* shows I can get in
HD that I'd like to record, but not enough I want to drop a bank on a HD
TiVo.  If only they'd let us transfer lifetime w/o a huge fee....  That and
I was too much of a geek to pass up getting the Pinnacle 800i when they
released it on woot.com before anybody else had it.

Oh, and I tried Vista w/ MCE first ('cause I had a ... trial...yeah...a
trial) but the system wasn't powerful enough to run it.  I think I may be
able to fix that though.  I just wonder if a single core 3ghz system would
handle Vista w/ a HD tuner.

--Justin

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-home.com>wrote:

> I confess, I cheated too.  I have a standalone Series 1, and a DirecTV Tivo
> Series 2.  I'm excited for the new DirecTV Tivo.  Too bad I have to wait a
> year for it to be released.
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Tim Champion <timchampion at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I cheated. ... bought a TiVo. :)  Its not a geeky, but I highly recommend
>> it as it is much less stressful, and the wife loves it. It's been running
>> strong for something like 3 years, I think.
>>
>> Tim Champion
>> timchampion at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:10 AM, <jrnosee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, so here's what I got.
>>> I started with a Biostar SFF pc (used to be a car computer!) with a 2GHz
>>> P4 (socket 478) w/ ~640mb ram (I think)
>>> nVidia GeForce FX 5500 AGP graphics card.  Pinnacle PCTV HD Card (800i).
>>> Mythbuntu 8.04 in hybrid mode.  80 GB "starter" hard drive.
>>>
>>> That didn't work so I bumped up to a full tower w/
>>> Shuttle mobo w/ 3GHz hyper-threaded (64 bit compat.) P4 (LGA775) w/ 1GB
>>> ram.  Moved my video and tuner cards over, and stuck in a 40GB "test" Hard
>>> Drive just to set it up.  Same os.
>>>
>>> I've followed the steps to get the 800i working and I *can* get channels
>>> on it.  The problem is when tuning in digital mode I can *usually* get it to
>>> come up, but when changing channels it locks up.  In analog mode it will
>>> tune a channel then "drift" past into static.  The same problem exists on
>>> both machines.  I'm tempted to try it again in Windows <gasp>.  I had it on
>>> vista temporarially, but it never quite worked right.  I assumed that was
>>> because it was on a system that couldn't really handle vista.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Theron Conrey <theron.conrey at dice.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>  I've got a dedicated mythbuntu box set up using some old dual NTSC
>>>> haupauge cards in a media case.  It's worked for me well over the last few
>>>> years, but it's gone through some serious overhauls every few months because
>>>> I always get that "ooooh that feature would be nice!" and break something.
>>>> If I'd just leave it alone, I'd say that I've fantastic luck with it.
>>>>
>>>> -Theron
>>>>  ------------------------------
>>>> *From:* cialug-bounces at cialug.org [cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf
>>>> Of jrnosee at gmail.com [jrnosee at gmail.com]
>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 16, 2008 4:06 PM
>>>> *To:* Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>>>> *Subject:* [Cialug] DVRs
>>>>
>>>>   Has anyone in the group set up MythTV/other DVR solutions?  I've been
>>>> trying to set one up for a while and I'm running into problems.  I'd like to
>>>> know if anyone has had success with this.
>>>>
>>>> --Justin
>>>>
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