<div dir="ltr">Yeah...I have a series 2 TiVo (w/ lifetime), but I've noticed the video quality isn't as good as I'd like, and there are a *few* shows I can get in HD that I'd like to record, but not enough I want to drop a bank on a HD TiVo. If only they'd let us transfer lifetime w/o a huge fee.... That and I was too much of a geek to pass up getting the Pinnacle 800i when they released it on <a href="http://woot.com">woot.com</a> before anybody else had it.<br>
<br>Oh, and I tried Vista w/ MCE first ('cause I had a ... trial...yeah...a trial) but the system wasn't powerful enough to run it. I think I may be able to fix that though. I just wonder if a single core 3ghz system would handle Vista w/ a HD tuner.<br>
<br>--Justin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Tim Wilson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tim_linux@wilson-home.com">tim_linux@wilson-home.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">I confess, I cheated too. I have a standalone Series 1, and a DirecTV Tivo Series 2. I'm excited for the new DirecTV Tivo. Too bad I have to wait a year for it to be released.<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">
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On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Tim Champion <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:timchampion@gmail.com" target="_blank">timchampion@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">I cheated. ... bought a TiVo. :) Its not a geeky, but I highly recommend it as it is much less stressful, and the wife loves it. It's been running strong for something like 3 years, I think.<br><font color="#888888"><br clear="all">
Tim Champion<br><a href="mailto:timchampion@gmail.com" target="_blank">timchampion@gmail.com</a></font><div><div></div><div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:10 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jrnosee@gmail.com" target="_blank">jrnosee@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Ok, so here's what I got.<br>I started with a Biostar SFF pc (used to be a car computer!) with a 2GHz P4 (socket 478) w/ ~640mb ram (I think)<br>nVidia GeForce FX 5500 AGP graphics card. Pinnacle PCTV HD Card (800i). Mythbuntu 8.04 in hybrid mode. 80 GB "starter" hard drive.<br>
<br>That didn't work so I bumped up to a full tower w/<br>Shuttle mobo w/ 3GHz hyper-threaded (64 bit compat.) P4 (LGA775) w/ 1GB ram. Moved my video and tuner cards over, and stuck in a 40GB "test" Hard Drive just to set it up. Same os.<br>
<br>I've followed the steps to get the 800i working and I *can* get channels on it. The problem is when tuning in digital mode I can *usually* get it to come up, but when changing channels it locks up. In analog mode it will tune a channel then "drift" past into static. The same problem exists on both machines. I'm tempted to try it again in Windows <gasp>. I had it on vista temporarially, but it never quite worked right. I assumed that was because it was on a system that couldn't really handle vista.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Theron Conrey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:theron.conrey@dice.com" target="_blank">theron.conrey@dice.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" color="#000000" face="Tahoma">I've got a dedicated mythbuntu box set up using some old dual NTSC haupauge cards in a media case. It's worked for me well over the last few years, but it's gone through some serious overhauls every
few months because I always get that "ooooh that feature would be nice!" and break something. If I'd just leave it alone, I'd say that I've fantastic luck with it.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Has anyone in the group set up MythTV/other DVR solutions? I've been trying to set one up for a while and I'm running into problems. I'd like to know if anyone has had success with this.<br>
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