[mythtv-users] HDPVR for $169 at buy.com

[Brian Wood]

On Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:42:27 pm Yan Seiner wrote:
> On Wed, June 23, 2010 6:37 pm, Brian Wood wrote:
> > On Tuesday, June 22, 2010 07:13:56 pm jedi wrote:
> >> > So the Rokus can't play local files in any way? That seems odd to me.
> >> 
> >> At
> >> 
> >> > the least it could have a USB port you could plug a flash drive into,
> >> > but an NFS and/or Samba client would be even nicer.
> >> > 
> >>     Yeah. Roku boxes are pretty limited. They have the virtue of being
> >> 
> >> small and cheap though. I'm not sure I would recommend one to anyone.
> > 
> > I agree. Roku started as essentially a dedicated Netflix "Watch
> > Instantly" player, and it will do that, but not much else.
> > 
> > What I *can* recommend right now in the "small and cheap" category is a
> > Myka, especially since they are being closed out
> > at $89:
> > 
> > http://www.myka.tv/buy.html?page=shop.browse&category_id=6
> 
> Does it have composite out?  The specs aren't clear.  It says "NTSC, PAL,
> HDMI", so I can assume that NTSC and PAL are composite out.  Or not.

It does have composite out, but no S-Video out.