<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">http://revision3.com/systm/bmwt<br>http://revision3.com/systm/dvdripping<br>http://revision3.com/systm/videojukbox2<br>http://revision3.com/systm/mediatomb<br><br>http://revision3.com/tekzilla/tekzilla112 <=Roku HD-XR<br>http://revision3.com/tekzilla/gdcsoundbar <=HD mediaplayers<br>http://revision3.com/hdnation/cartoons <=newest video-DVR review <br><br>Some of these are old but worth watching and may give you some ideas.<br>-dan<br><br>"This is only temporary ... unless it works." - Red Green<br>
<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 3/16/10, Matthew Nuzum <i><newz@bearfruit.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Matthew Nuzum <newz@bearfruit.org><br>Subject: [Cialug] media center<br>To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug@cialug.org><br>Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 11:40 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1456636040">Hi, I am thinking about a whole-house media center. It would be a server that could record shows, store copies of DVDs and other media and be controlled by front-end devices hooked up to TVs.<br><br>I was wondering if anyone has some experience doing the parts of this. I am going to invest some money and would like it to work as painlessly as possible. I need to:<br>
<br>Choose where to get my content: mediacom, dish, directv (other?)<br><br>How should I record the content: hdhomerun, pci/usb tv tuner (other?)<br><br>How should I watch the media? I.e. what software should I use? I'd like to be able to control it via a remote, watch hi def, have surround sound, watch/pause/record live TV and most of all, be very easy to use.<br>
<br>I've seen devices like the SageTV HD Theater <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sagetv.com/hd_theater.html">http://www.sagetv.com/hd_theater.html</a> or Roku HD <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.roku.com/roku-products">http://www.roku.com/roku-products</a> and PC operating system net-tops like the Acer Revo.<br>
<br>Have you read any practical hands-on reviews or tutorials of people doing this?<br><br>Oh, and one last question... how does a person hook something like this up to surround sound? Do you plug your devices into the TV and then use the TV's output into your stereo system? I'm really new to HD.<br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Matthew Nuzum<br>newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://identi.ca">identi.ca</a> and twitter<br>
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