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New Review Compares MythTV to Vista MCE

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other dept.

Parkus writes "There's a nice review on AVS forum of MythTV (Ubuntu) and Windows Vista MCE. The author tried both back to back and explains the pluses and minuses of each system after using them for a month. Helpful if you're thinking about setting up your own home theater rig."

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  1. Digital HDTV by tivojafa · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I use both a MythTV DVR (64-bit Ubuntu) and a MCE DVR (64-bit Vista) at home. The MythTV machine is primary and the Vista machine is secondary.

    The automatic commercial skip in MythTV is fantastic!
    You watch TV shows and there are no adverts. Simple as that.

    The biggest problem is resisting to urge to pick up the remote when the show is leading into an ad break :-)

    Both machines can record ATSC HDTV and Digital Cable (QAM) - running a total of 4 digital tuners (2 x HDHomeRun network digital tuners with two tuner each - http://www.silicondust.com/)

  2. Re:not mythtv -- Wait, yes it is! by Stocktonian · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Huh?
    When I read the article is was very clearly talking about MythTV compared to Vista MCE. I don't think he tried Linux MCE at all.

    Linux MCE is a very different animal and MythTV only forms a small part of it. http://linuxmce.com/ It's an amazing piece of software.

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