Michael Bahr
jedi at charm.net
Mon Nov 29 11:58:35 CST 2010
The only real issue you are going to have is installing the software decoders and keeping them up to date. The tuner card is only good for OTA broadcasts. Do you have cable? If so then there is another nifty piece of hardware from Hauppauge called the HD-PVR. This connects to the componet jacks and records directly onto your HD in H264 format. Mine is downstairs with a 30 foot USB cable (actually 2 15 foot with a driver) that runs upstairs to my computer. http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hdpvr.html Since you already have a server-farm in your basement you could add another drive or two and archive everything there and stream the video from the server. This where the PCH/PopBox shines. Mike... > Mike, > > That looks like an awesome media extender for sure. Because of what I do, > I have parts laying > around, and so building another box is less onerous to me. I decided to > build a "professional > grade" HTPS to go in the master bedroom, but my total cost is around $430. > > Of that, $80 was for the 2 GB hard drive and $120 was for the dual TV > tuner. Both of those are > things I would be purchasing anyway. My current HTPC has a single channel > tuner and I am constantly > hitting the "can't watch this because I am recording that" issue. > > Beyond that all I needed to buy was a case, PS and MB - the total for > which was around $210. I have > processors, memory and windows 7 licenses lying around. If I had to pay > for all that I would be > canceling my order and buying a popcorn hour. > > In fact I might buy one anyway for the family room downstairs. When I > bought the TV for the master > bedroom, I moved an old "all in one" 19" TV, VCR and DVD downstairs. At > the rate that TVs are > dropping, I will probably go get a 32" TV for downstairs, at which point > the Popcorn hour will make > it all work. > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > On 11/26/2010 1:08 PM, Michael Bahr wrote: >> Just fond this on Youtube >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ippnPw-KMbI&feature=player_embedded#! >> >> Mike... > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >