[mythtv-users] MythTV looks incredible

[Sam Byrne]

Ummm... the PVR250 comes with a remote control.  Are you concerned about
something else?

Sam
On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 09:06, James Pifer wrote:
> Hi. I have been looking for a DVR to run on Linux for a while. I came
> across the web site last week and it looks awesome. 
> 
> I've searched the mailing list and read a bunch of stuff, plus looked
> over the web site. I do have a couple questions (or verification) before
> I go buy cards for this. 
> 
> I tape a lot of shows using VCR's and the playback quality blows, which
> is the big reason I want to do this. I also want to playback on my home
> theater (Infocus X1). 
> 
> So, I need a tuner card plus a video card that supports Video out. 
> For cost/performance break point and known supported cards I'm looking
> at:
> Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250 Tuner (want MPEG2 for DVD's)
> AGP Geforce4 MX440 DDR64 w/TVout
> (My system is an Athlon 1.2Ghz with 1 GB SDRAM)
> 
> Looks like I can pick the cards up on ebay for somewhere around $150.
> 
> Assuming I have everything right so far, my only concern with this setup
> is how much am I going to miss having the remote control when watching
> the recordings (or live TV) on my home theater? Any comments to that?
> 
> Thanks, looking forward to getting this going. 
> James
> 
> 
> 
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