[opendtv] Re: ATSC STBs
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:14:32 -0500
Junk? I really liked my NTSC (lifetime sub) Tivo but gave it to my kids
when I switched to all-HD because it then wasn't worth the cost of
keeping a land phone line.
Yes, the Tivo had a better user interface and was probably more reliable
than my MyHD card, though not perfectly so as the Tivo would sometimes
get its knickers in a knot and have to be reset much like a PC. Just
less frequently.
But the main difference was interface. And I'm a PC guy, watching
almost all TV and movies on my front projector driven by an HTPC. That
means I'm used to a PC interface, used to doing multiple things on
multiple screens and windows, used to a TitanTV broadband connected
guide, and generally not dissatisfied with things that are not a simple
consumer appliance. Frankly I like my HTPC interface better than my
Comcast 6412 HD-DVR I had for awhile. Plus I have the ability to
permanently archive HD.
Exactly which ATSC DVR would you hold up as an example that makes an
HTPC "junk"? Please exclude those requiring a subscription to any pay
TV service provider.
- Tom
Kon Wilms wrote:
>>Actually I've purchased a half dozen PCHD cards. The last couple (MyHD
>>and F3Q) can even do trick play real time time shifting like Tivo.
>>And the hardware decoding MyHD would even work fine in a very
>>inexpensive computer these days.
>
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> It would, but please, in comparison with a Tivo, these are junk.
>
> Cheers
> Kon
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