[plug] MythTV project

[Lucas van Staden]

On 11/02/11 11:20, home at oranges.id.au wrote:
> My setup has high WAF, e.g. since it recorded a Spicks&  Specks
> episode out of the blue when we weren't actively recording it; and
> we're no longer chained to the timing of when shows are on. We just
> watch whatever we feel like from the recorded shows.
I agree.

My wife is stoked.
Firstly when we got the PS3 PlayTv device and used the PS3 to record, 
things went badly wrong very quickly, with schedules not adjusting for 
time changes, so we got half recorded programs, recorded programs with 
the end missing etc etc.

MythTv solved all that.

Secondly (just as the Tv's warranty ran out - the usual) the internal 
digital tuner card stopped working in December.
Just a blank screen with no channels.
Research showed that this is a common issue in the range of Sony 
Bravia's we have, and to replace is $700! or I can open the thing up and 
bypass the small surface mounted fuse that apparently seems to blow when 
the signal is too strong (WTF!)
Now mythtv is just recording what we want, stripping out the adverts , 
and my wife can access it all on the familiar XBMC interface that I have 
been using for years now. (The only good thing the Xbox ever gave the 
world!)

BIG WAF acceptance there.
She brags about our system to all the family all the  time :)

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Regards
Lucas van Staden

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I'm happy spasmodically - If I eat a chocolate turtle I'm happy - When the box is empty I'm unhappy!
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