[ale] Mythtv Build-In

[Dow Hurst]

Cliff,
Is there any particular problem with having a MythTV box record a 
program that a DirecTV DVR was broadcasting?  So, you had the DVR decode 
and record the initial signal from the satellite.  Then you used the 
builtin DVR "Record to VCR" function to start the movie or show.  The 
MythTV box would then record the show onto it's hard drive for long term 
storage.  Is there a significant loss in signal quality this way?  I 
know VCR tapes look muddy now compared to the initial display from the 
DVR outputs.

I have a mess at home too.  A Directv DVR, simple VCR, a dvd player, all 
hooked up to the TV via a A/B type switch box.  The DVR is hooked to the 
VCR with a direct cable for recording, but I never seem to use that.  
None of this stuff is hooked to the home stereo so the sound is not great.

I have a PVR 250 to work with for a MythTV install, but have gotten 
interested in upgrading and enhancing the Directv DVR.  Seems I can use 
the PVTnet software and docs to add a hard drive upgrade and put the DVR 
on my home network.  It is a Philips DSR-704 so has dual tuners but on 
35 hours recording capability.  I've dumped lots of movies I've bought 
from Payperview, sadly, to make room.
Dow



Cliff Free wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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