[mythtv-users] It's not the TiVo that she loved...

Ryan Pisani mythtv at frouse3.homelinux.com
Wed Apr 12 00:45:25 UTC 2006


> Steven Adeff wrote:
>> On 4/5/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Apr 5, 2006, at 9:44 AM, Richard Bronosky wrote:
>>>
>>>> My wife has dealt with my MythTV tinkering for about 8 months.  she
>>>> has
>>>> sat in bed with the RF keyboard to watch TV, and steadily reminded me
>>>> that "The TiVo wasn't that bad."  She kept saying the shes misses the
>>>> TiVo, so I gave up on trying to install the free Dell USB remote
>>>> that I
>>>> stumbled upon, and ordered an ir receiver from http://irblaster.info
>>>> last night I got it installed and setup the TiVo remote to control
>>>> MythTV.
>>>>
>>>> Turns out that all she missed was the remote.
>>>>
>>>> It is a pretty good remote.  Nice shape and balance.  Decent
>>>> simplicity,
>>>> yet enough buttons to do everything.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I always liked the TiVi "dogbone" shape.
>>>
>>> Does your wife miss the $12.95/month bill ??
>>>
>>
>> not as much as the $2000 spent on Myth... (well, whatever amount...
>> lump some payments always seem like more than monthly ones).
>>
>
> hear hear. MythTV only makes sense as a hobby or if you need the added
> functionality/disk space.
> Tivo is cheaper (and probably easier to use and possibly more reliable)
> by far. I suspect that might
> change as time marches on though.
>


What! Mythtv has so many other features that make it well worth the higher
off the ground cost. The video manager and the ability to play all types
of compressed formats on the TV is priceless in my opinion. Also the
ability to export / compress & burn in one unit. All top notch qualities.

Ryan Pisani


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