Whatever happened to PVR-type receivers?

kenglish · #1 (**permalink**) 03-21-2006, 08:28 AM

I have a nice, but sort of beat-up looking 9800HDD. Doesn't Fortec make some newer versions of FTA receivers with built-in Hard Drives, now?

Does Sadoun sell/plan to sell/ special order any of them?

(Now, what I'd REALLLLLLLY like is one that has hot-swappable drives so I could make a "library" of things I want to save. Maybe a receiver that allows a bit of editing of the saved material, and maybe does OTA as well!)

briand · #2 (**permalink**) 03-21-2006, 08:40 AM

Why not look into building a MythTV system, then? It's a PVR, and you can put a TwinHan S-DVB card in it to use it with FTA satellite... as well as a traditional card for terrestrial (analog) cable television.. and even an OTA HDTV card.

I have had a MythTV setup going here, with three cable tv tuners, for just over a year, and I'm loving it. You do need a bit of hardware/software/OS knowledge to get things going (or, some incredibly good luck!), but once it's up and running, it's a dream!

starman · #3 (**permalink**) 03-21-2006, 11:03 AM

what distribution of Linux are you running MythTV on? I've been thinking about tackling this project for some time now. I"ve read a bit and it does seem challenging to say the least. My experience with Linux is limited, everything I've ever installed had multiple dependencies, libraries to track down, etc. Are there any tutorials you know of that could give a person a head start?