[ale] Mythtv Build-In

[Cliff Free]

MythTV would have the ability to be a one-box solution if cable/satellite
companies would allow PC DVR cards on their network instead of limiting
things to their proprietary system. (This is something Congress and the FCC
is fighting against in an effort to create more competition.)  DRM is really
hurting MythTV in this respect, because it's the security FUD that keeps the
providers in this mind-frame.  The only ability that a cable/satellite DVR /
DVD / one-box solution has that a mythtv box doesn't is the ability to
decode the encryption of their signal.  Everything else is there in the
mythtv box (and more).  You can record to Hard-disk, DVD, TRANSCODE to divx,
xvid, mpeg4, etc. to save HD space, encode and save music, get weather
reports, and even browse the web.  All of that being said, CableCARD could
really help mythTV.  Then, instead of needing Comcast's set-top-box, all you
need is their card which allows your CableCARD compliant hardware to decode
their signal.  The drawback is that you'd need some sort of CableCARD Reader
card for your PC, eating-up yet another slot.

On 3/16/06, Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 09:38 -0400, Cliff Free wrote:
> > That being said, I'm using Comcast's HD-DVR on the big TV, because
> > I've been to lazy to set all of this up.
>
> But you can record to DVD-R.  To mean having a good working DVR that can
> get my shows all the time is more important than writing to disk.  I
> have no DVR but a friend has the Dish version and I've been amazed at
> how the integration is.  The receiver is the DVR.
>
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