On Wednesday June 29 2005 11:10 pm, Hal Vaughan wrote: > One other consideration is if your service provider provides any > type of service. While I'm planning on eventually building a Myth > TV box, I have Comcast, and they provide a DVR unit for free (which > can be $300 or $400 or more for a TiVo), and their monthly fee is > less than TiVo. My Comcast DVR has a firewire port, but I > understand that only works for HDTV output, which I don't yet have. > Otherwise, I could play back a program on my DVR directly to my > VCR/DVD Burner box. It also has an ethernet port, but I understand > that isn't in use yet. Here, comcast DVRs are a ripoff. They charge you for the box, charge you to rent the box after that, charge you for the guide data for the box, then you turn the damn thing on and realize that you'd rather have teeth pulled or listen to Kenny G than use their fugly, slow interface or put up with the usually inaccurate guide data... > Also, I don't know if this is a factor or not, but most of the > channels I want to record are digital cable (that includes BBC > America, Sci-Fi and many others). I don't know if Myth TV or any > other homebrew system handles digital cable signals. When did Sci Fi leave the analog lineup? -- Paul Johnson Email and Instant Messenger (Jabber): baloo@ursine.ca http://ursine.ca/~baloo/
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