I have had good success with MythTV however, it is not geared for channel surfers with set-top boxes.
The extra channel change loop to the set-top box makes channel changes agonizingly slow. The only real setup for hard core surfers are set-top boxes with built in PVR's.
As far as HDTV is concerned...until Hauppauge makes a PVR board with component video capture MythTV users will be stuck with s-video level quality.
I do admit that HD is great however, s-video capture has been serving me just fine.
If one simply watched the music which falls off their personal playlists over the years, it's quite obvious that music is a commodity.
When it's hot it has value and when it's not it's practically worthless regardless of how free it is. Since hot music is so easy to come by the only thing left to sell is its quality.
48, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, WAV...take your pick. 7 models fo music just like 7 models of anything else.
Oh...and for anyone out there thinking that all these models are still downloadable...your right but just leave it up to the marketing and advertising folks to fuel peoples fears into making sure they have a pristine copy. I mean they do it with everything else out there.
The recording industry may not make the gobs of money they used to make but I am sure they won't starve either.
Just my 2 cents.
Hedghog
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I have had good success with MythTV however, it is not geared for channel surfers with set-top boxes.
The extra channel change loop to the set-top box makes channel changes agonizingly slow. The only real setup for hard core surfers are set-top boxes with built in PVR's.
As far as HDTV is concerned...until Hauppauge makes a PVR board with component video capture MythTV users will be stuck with s-video level quality.
I do admit that HD is great however, s-video capture has been serving me just fine.
Hedgehog
Considering the possible value of some of the footage in even the most mundane life...anything less than miniDV would be a shame.
In order to get the best possible quality from the footage it should be stored in AVI form.
13GB/hr * 24hrs = 312GB/day
312GB/day * 365days = 113,880GB/year
Now you can obviously gamble and get away with less storage in the hopes that you will never need to record anything worth seeing.
Hedgehog
If one simply watched the music which falls off their personal playlists over the years, it's quite obvious that music is a commodity. When it's hot it has value and when it's not it's practically worthless regardless of how free it is. Since hot music is so easy to come by the only thing left to sell is its quality. 48, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, WAV...take your pick. 7 models fo music just like 7 models of anything else. Oh...and for anyone out there thinking that all these models are still downloadable...your right but just leave it up to the marketing and advertising folks to fuel peoples fears into making sure they have a pristine copy. I mean they do it with everything else out there. The recording industry may not make the gobs of money they used to make but I am sure they won't starve either. Just my 2 cents. Hedghog