[sf-lug] SageTV vs MythTV or whatever works best...

[Nathan Hoover]

Tom, there are a bunch of plans for building a serial remote receiver if you
are handy with a soldering iron, or other options for buying at a reasonable
price if not.

http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html

The parts are about $15 or so at Radio Shack or a similar vendor.

My Myth project has been in limbo for about a year, but it looks like I'm
going to get started on it again soon. I'll try to keep the list posted if I
discover anything interesting, and of course anyone can feel free to email
me if I could be of assistance. I initially put the project on hold because
I was dissatisfied with the performance with capturing / playing back
un(re)compressed HDTV. I have a few more powerful machines available now,
and I also have a 1394-enabled cable box that I am going to try to connect
to the whole solution.

Regards,
Nathan


On 12/18/07, Nathan Hoover <nathan at foo-o-rama.com> wrote:
>
> The vendor they were using did stop offering the free service, however,
> they have a new vendor, SchedulesDirect, which is not free but certainly
> much cheaper than Tivo (they run $20/year).
>
> Regards,
> N
>
>
>  On 12/18/07, Mark K. Zanfardino <mark at zanfardinoconsulting.com> wrote:
> >
> > General question re: MythTV - I thought I'd read somewhere that the TV
> > listing database was no longer available free.  Is that the case?  If
> > so, what is the cost for this data and where does one go about getting
> > it?
> >
> > I've been a long-time TiVo subscriber - I pay $13.00 per month for a
> > single TiVo - and have considered setting up a MythTV box down the
> > line.  As the broadcasters move to all-digital and as I consider buying
> > an HDTV I've given some thought to building my own PTV with an HD tuner
> > card.  But the TC listing data is of course one of the crucial
> > components.  Any input on this?
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Tom Haddon wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 12:15 -0800, vincent polite wrote:
> > >
> > >> Any opinions? Thanks
> > >>
> > >
> > > I'd be interested in feedback on this. I've just set up MythTV
> > > (mythbuntu actually) and am very happy with it... mostly. The one
> > thing
> > > I'd like to do is get my universal remote (cheap, crappy Radioshack
> > UR)
> > > working with it. I'm sure it's possible, just haven't had the time to
> > > get it working. And I'm not actually using  it for the TV functions,
> > > just for videos/music.
> > >
> > > Thanks, Tom
> > >
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