[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 setting up channels because the channel guide is out of date..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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