Am I the only one who jumped on this bandwagon 5 years ago?
http://www.linux.com/articles/23807
Back then $200 would get you an "AMD Duron 850 MHz system, with 10 GB Maxtor hard drive, 128 MB of memory, and 52x Samsung CDROM drive."
With "LindowsOS" (pre-lawsuit).
It doesn't seem like this new machine is that much more advanced.
you have an STB now with a firewire outputm, the CableCard will eventually replace it
I don't need to worry about what they'd like to replace it with - there's an FCC mandate requiring the cable companies to supply firewire access.
Ease of use - roger that - Myth requires time, energy, & expertise to setup. But, the theme I'm supporting here is options. As I said originally, with Myth I have a database that I can take with me. There's value in knowing what I've seen and what I haven't.
As for content providers, I've got four ways to capture at the moment - Analog cable, S-video, QAM, and 1394. I could have 5 if I put an ATSC antenna on my roof. Let them attempt to shut those down and there will be 5 more to take their place. I sincerely believe that as fast as they try to lock things down we will find new ways of opening them back up. That's the way it has always worked, because in the end they have to open it up enough for me to view it. On the other hand, if I put my eggs in Tivo's basket I have one source with one easy kill switch - the "broadcast only" flag. I'd rather take my chances with the other coders/hackers. It was easy for the gov't to shutdown ReplayTV's commercial skipping. Impossible for them to squelch Myth. Tivo has to conform to stay around. That's reason enough for me to go the extra mile with a home brew. Granted there are three HD channels I can't currently record (pay content), but for me that's not a deal-breaker. The cable companies themselves solved that with HBO On Demand.
All trolling aside, I'll answer as if you asked a real question in case it informs someone else:o)
I run three tuners -
Analog cable through a Hauppauge 250 - direct connection to cable which can only tune channels below #65 on my cable.
Digital cable through a Hauppauge 250 - Myth tunes a cable box and I capture off s-video. Good picture, but SD only
HD Digital cable through a pcHDTV 5500 - QAM 256 HD signal decoded from cable (HD is not encrypted in my area)
I can also capture directly from my HD cable box via 1394 to my Mac.
The only thing I can't capture is HD HBO, which is a bummer. If I had somewhere to plug in a cable card, I would. If my cable company would unencrypt before sending out to firewire it would also solve the problem.
I'm sure that Tivo has solved this problem as well, but all-in-all I'd rather have the power of Myth than the one HD channel I can't record.
Crucial to my DVR experience is filtering down the fat stream of 200 cable channels to what I want to see. It's not trivial to wade through all the repeats and shows that I've already viewed. The one thing a cable box DVR is never going to give you is a personal history - what you've already viewed and deleted, so you know that what's new on there is actually new.
That way, with a 20 hour HD DVR, you're not coming back from vacation to find that a marathon of "Planet Earth" has kicked off every other program on your box. With Tivo you get continuity of what you've viewed (i.e. Season Pass) that's at least recoverable if you must change hardware. Want to wade through 20 years of "Simpsons" to find that one episode you've never seen?
Even better is MythTV, which does all that, and skips commercials.
Ditto that! We simply made it clear to our customers (the other departments) that phone calls would be handled at a lower priority than email. All email goes to helpdesk, and therefore is logged. The phones hardly ever ring now, and the environment still feels supported because a helpdesk email gets answered within seconds.
Yes, Verizon controls your internet experience through their proxy. It is possible to disable this on some phones though and set up your own proxy. This has the desired effect of removing any meddling by Verizon & has the added benefit of not requiring you to pay extra for internet:
http://vx8300.blogspot.com/2006/08/free-wap-intern et-on-vx8300.html
Just make sure that if you buy a 1080p TV, you get one that has a 1080p input!
I bought a sony KDS-R50XBR1 SXRD 50" about 6 months ago which was marketed as a 1080p display. The specs show that it can display 1080p, but none of the inputs support it!
Of course, now they have a new model with a shiny new name (Grand Wega SXRD 50") that has a HDMI 1080p input...
And yes, my living room was root-kit'd.
When I talked to them, they were really vague about price. It will greatly depend on quantity. For a single unit, they quoted between $400 and $700US depending on model.
From the site:
Twister case is a FANLESS solution for our motherboard. The material of the case is mainly ALUMINUM. The purpose of the Twister case is to cool off the processor without using the FAN because there is always the possibility of the failure of the FAN which will damage the processor and the system. Using VIA C3 processor, Twister can handle up to 1 GHz CPU The Biggest difference between Neo and Twister case is that Twister case is bigger, so it has space to add a PCI slot.
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Am I the only one who jumped on this bandwagon 5 years ago? http://www.linux.com/articles/23807
Back then $200 would get you an "AMD Duron 850 MHz system, with 10 GB Maxtor hard drive, 128 MB of memory, and 52x Samsung CDROM drive."
With "LindowsOS" (pre-lawsuit).
It doesn't seem like this new machine is that much more advanced.
Airlines treat the customers like this.
You're treated as a direct threat from the moment you buy the ticket.
You can be jailed for voicing your displeasure over their ipod policy
You can be jailed for making a stupid joke
You can be held against your will for the runway for 8 hours.
you have an STB now with a firewire outputm, the CableCard will eventually replace it
I don't need to worry about what they'd like to replace it with - there's an FCC mandate requiring the cable companies to supply firewire access.
Ease of use - roger that - Myth requires time, energy, & expertise to setup. But, the theme I'm supporting here is options. As I said originally, with Myth I have a database that I can take with me. There's value in knowing what I've seen and what I haven't.
As for content providers, I've got four ways to capture at the moment - Analog cable, S-video, QAM, and 1394. I could have 5 if I put an ATSC antenna on my roof. Let them attempt to shut those down and there will be 5 more to take their place. I sincerely believe that as fast as they try to lock things down we will find new ways of opening them back up. That's the way it has always worked, because in the end they have to open it up enough for me to view it. On the other hand, if I put my eggs in Tivo's basket I have one source with one easy kill switch - the "broadcast only" flag. I'd rather take my chances with the other coders/hackers. It was easy for the gov't to shutdown ReplayTV's commercial skipping. Impossible for them to squelch Myth. Tivo has to conform to stay around. That's reason enough for me to go the extra mile with a home brew. Granted there are three HD channels I can't currently record (pay content), but for me that's not a deal-breaker. The cable companies themselves solved that with HBO On Demand.
All trolling aside, I'll answer as if you asked a real question in case it informs someone else :o)
I run three tuners -
Analog cable through a Hauppauge 250 - direct connection to cable which can only tune channels below #65 on my cable.
Digital cable through a Hauppauge 250 - Myth tunes a cable box and I capture off s-video. Good picture, but SD only
HD Digital cable through a pcHDTV 5500 - QAM 256 HD signal decoded from cable (HD is not encrypted in my area)
I can also capture directly from my HD cable box via 1394 to my Mac.
The only thing I can't capture is HD HBO, which is a bummer. If I had somewhere to plug in a cable card, I would. If my cable company would unencrypt before sending out to firewire it would also solve the problem.
I'm sure that Tivo has solved this problem as well, but all-in-all I'd rather have the power of Myth than the one HD channel I can't record.
Crucial to my DVR experience is filtering down the fat stream of 200 cable channels to what I want to see. It's not trivial to wade through all the repeats and shows that I've already viewed. The one thing a cable box DVR is never going to give you is a personal history - what you've already viewed and deleted, so you know that what's new on there is actually new.
That way, with a 20 hour HD DVR, you're not coming back from vacation to find that a marathon of "Planet Earth" has kicked off every other program on your box. With Tivo you get continuity of what you've viewed (i.e. Season Pass) that's at least recoverable if you must change hardware. Want to wade through 20 years of "Simpsons" to find that one episode you've never seen?
Even better is MythTV, which does all that, and skips commercials.
Ditto that! We simply made it clear to our customers (the other departments) that phone calls would be handled at a lower priority than email. All email goes to helpdesk, and therefore is logged. The phones hardly ever ring now, and the environment still feels supported because a helpdesk email gets answered within seconds.
Yes, Verizon controls your internet experience through their proxy. It is possible to disable this on some phones though and set up your own proxy. This has the desired effect of removing any meddling by Verizon & has the added benefit of not requiring you to pay extra for internet: http://vx8300.blogspot.com/2006/08/free-wap-intern et-on-vx8300.html
Jon Daily? Perhaps your opinion would seem more informed if you knew the host's name. http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/ index.jhtml
Just make sure that if you buy a 1080p TV, you get one that has a 1080p input! I bought a sony KDS-R50XBR1 SXRD 50" about 6 months ago which was marketed as a 1080p display. The specs show that it can display 1080p, but none of the inputs support it! Of course, now they have a new model with a shiny new name (Grand Wega SXRD 50") that has a HDMI 1080p input...
And yes, my living room was root-kit'd.
When I talked to them, they were really vague about price. It will greatly depend on quantity. For a single unit, they quoted between $400 and $700US depending on model.
I saw Synertron at LinuxWorld Boston - http://www.synertrontech.com/products/embedded_com puting/twister/ec-twister.html
Great case, but they're not set up as direct to consumer.
They have variations that do TV in/out and SPDIF.
From the site:
Twister case is a FANLESS solution for our motherboard. The material of the case is mainly ALUMINUM. The purpose of the Twister case is to cool off the processor without using the FAN because there is always the possibility of the failure of the FAN which will damage the processor and the system. Using VIA C3 processor, Twister can handle up to 1 GHz CPU The Biggest difference between Neo and Twister case is that Twister case is bigger, so it has space to add a PCI slot.