Re: MythTV
On 6/29/05, Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote:
On Wednesday June 29 2005 10:38 am, Matt Price wrote:
> just curious -- how much do you figure on spending for this
> project? I'm interested in MythTV too, but it seems quite expensive
> to build one's own box compared
e.g. to buyint a tivo. am I wrong
> about this?
A couple key factors come into play when comparing a MythTV setup to a
TiVo:
1) Do you already have the hardware to build a MythTV?
This project will be considerably cheaper than TiVo if you already
have the hardware lying around.
2) Do you plan on keeping your PVR around more than a couple years?
MythTV will be cheaper than TiVo even with a lifetime subscription if
you're in it for the super-long term.
Also a tivo can only be used as a tivo. The videos are locked to
the machine. You can't play them back over the network.
There are plenty of disadvantages to go along with the
advantages.
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