[mythtv-users] MythTV worth it still for HDTV?
David Snider
dsnider at thesniderpad.com
Sun Jan 3 16:29:19 UTC 2010
On Jan 3, 2010, at 2:34 AM, Matt Goebel wrote:
> I'm getting ready to replace my old systems in the near future. My
> cable provider does SDV, with pretty much only the broadcast
> channels available in clear HD. I've been considering a couple
> options; an HDhomerun for basic channel HD and an HDPVR, or a couple
> HDPVRs. On the broadcast channels I'd probably only record one to
> two programs a day (at most), HBO Sunday nights, then there would a
> bunch of half hour shows on other SDV channels say 3-4 per day, then
> lots of live HD on SDV channels. There are two TV's/frontends but
> likely only one in use at a time. Everything would have to be
> female friendly (easy to use without my instructions/help) and
> somewhat reliable and trouble free. I'm willing to pay the little
> extra to get a couple HDPVR's etc but not a ton more. Is MythTV
> even worth the effort for all this anymore? How much of a hassle
> setting up channels because the channel guide is out of date.. or
> you have to do it for the homerun/others? How well is the HDPVR
> working these days? Any other suggestions?
I just upgraded to 0.22. On your old systems, you may be able to save
some money by just replacing the graphics cards. I dumped a 9500GT
PCI card into an old Asus Pundit and it works like a charm with VDPAU
and an HDPVR, CPU utilization during playback is 10%. I have one HD
Homerun, 1 HDPVR and a couple of old analog tuners. The HD stuff
coming off of DirecTV looks really good and I'm happy as a clam. The
wife and I fought over our favorite themes for the past week, but we
finally compromised on Terra. I like the bling of Graphite, she
likes the old familiar interface of MythCenter... On the HDPVR's,
live TV is a challenge for me, it fails here and there, but for just
recording, it's rock solid so far.
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