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Best Non-Subscription DVR?

Posted by Cliff on from the well-that-eliminates-a-TiVo dept.

ngc5194 asks: "I'm thinking about joining the 21st century and purchasing a Digital Video Recorder. However, I DO NOT want to subscribe to any services. I understand that this will limit what my DVR can do, and I'm fine if it just acts like a solid-state VCR. Given the constraint above (no subscription services), which would be the best DVR to purchase and why?"

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  1. Re:If you're worried about artificial limitations. by evilviper · · Score: 0, Troll

    Then go with mythTV. Anything else will limit you in some way.

    MythTV has numerous limitations of its own. It's slow and clunky, uses an odd format, and has a god-awful interface. It's so ridiculously focused on TV that you have to go up 5 levels of menus, then down 5 more, to look through the other videos you have available. And to get back to the TV programs? Yep, just as many steps.

    I find a file manager and a shell script far more user-friendly than Myth.
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