Post #426,090
10/27/18 2:07:41 PM
10/27/18 2:07:41 PM
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Re: Time to look at a dedicated DVR
If you find one that isn't from a cable or satellite company, let me know.
Many years ago, right after over-the-air broadcasts went digital, I bought a Panasonic unit that recorded to rewritable DVDs. Its tuner worked with digital stations. It died when our house got flooded (guessing when the water hit the wall outlets there must have been a surge or something).
Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous.
- - - Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" 1897
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Post #426,093
10/27/18 10:44:05 PM
10/27/18 10:44:05 PM
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If you're going OTA, I can recommend Channel Master DVR+
OTA -- over the air, i.e. old fashioned TV antenna. For example: DVR+ Digital TV Receiver/RecorderYou need WiFi access for a channel guide. I use one in my motor home when there is no cable. And I use a USB jump drive for storage. Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #426,095
10/28/18 12:25:14 AM
10/28/18 12:25:14 AM
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Are MythTV boxes still a thing?
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Post #426,097
10/28/18 4:39:22 AM
10/28/18 4:39:22 AM
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They are.
Had mine for more than a decade. Been through several PCs and tuner cards, though.
However I retired it a few months ago and went for a DVR supplied by my ISP, mostly so I can get catch-up TV integration.
Wade.
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Post #426,104
10/28/18 11:31:57 AM
10/28/18 11:31:57 AM
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MythTV has trouble with encrypted channels.
Supposedly CableCARD is supposed to do the magic to let you see encrypted channels, but there are noises that some outfits are encrypting everything now. https://www.google.com/search?q=mythtv+encrypted+channelsI signed up for YouTubeTV when it was $35 a month. (It's $40 now.) Still haven't used it, but they keep adding more channels all the time. We have AcornTV for the British murder mysteries, etc., also too. (And Prime, but we've never streamed anything from Amazon either.) I'd be surprised if MythTV were worth the hassle, unless you have a lot of free time, love a challenge, and love to tinker. The cable companies are going to force us all to cut the cord, but they don't care because they're busy becoming WiFi vendors, movie and TV studios, phone companies, etc., etc. They think they'll get our money one way or another... Good luck! Cheers, Scott.
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Post #426,101
10/28/18 8:10:58 AM
10/28/18 8:10:58 AM
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Curious..
Surely you vacated before inundation (?)
Did you not kill house main switch?
(Still, I failed also to do this) re the fires/house already no-electricity then.. but I failed to think ahead re surges ..when/IF?? power came back on. {sigh}
Ve gets so soon old und so late smart.
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Post #426,103
10/28/18 11:09:11 AM
10/28/18 11:09:11 AM
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Re: Curious..
Surely you vacated before inundation (?)
Water was coming in before we evacuated. We spent the weekend carrying stuff upstairs to save what we could. We couldn't get out of the driveway by Saturday morning - the streets were too flooded already after Friday's 10 - 15 inches of rain.
Did you not kill house main switch?
No, it didn't cross our minds; we had way too much else on our minds.
Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous.
- - - Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" 1897
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Post #426,106
10/28/18 6:40:49 PM
10/28/18 6:40:50 PM
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(Ditto that last..)
What nobody wants.. getting better at remembering this stuff/via practice. :-/
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