[Cialug] media center

[Dan Hockey]

http://revision3.com/systm/bmwt
http://revision3.com/systm/dvdripping
http://revision3.com/systm/videojukbox2
http://revision3.com/systm/mediatomb

http://revision3.com/tekzilla/tekzilla112   <=Roku HD-XR
http://revision3.com/tekzilla/gdcsoundbar  <=HD mediaplayers
http://revision3.com/hdnation/cartoons  <=newest video-DVR review 

Some of these are old but worth watching and may give you some ideas.
-dan

"This is only temporary ... unless it works." - Red Green



--- On Tue, 3/16/10, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

From: Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org>
Subject: [Cialug] media center
To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 11:40 AM

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.

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:


Choose where to get my content: mediacom, dish, directv (other?)

How should I record the content: hdhomerun, pci/usb tv tuner (other?)

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.


I've seen devices like the SageTV HD Theater http://www.sagetv.com/hd_theater.html or Roku HD http://www.roku.com/roku-products and PC operating system net-tops like the Acer Revo.


Have you read any practical hands-on reviews or tutorials of people doing this?

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.


-- 
Matthew Nuzum
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