<span class="postbody">Hi everyone, this is my first post so please be gentle <img src="http://www.mythtvtalk.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif" alt="Wink" border="0">
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I've lurked for a bit in various places and been checking up posts, and have additionally
done hours upon hours of research and I can't seem to get a clear
answer. So I'm hoping that posting my setup idea will get some much
appreciated input.
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Because I am frustrated and confused as hell. heh.
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Here's the scenario:</span>
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<br>We have the Basic Digital package (or whatever) with Comcast, in
Mountain View. Have the STB which just has the S-Video out and I
believe the RCA video/2-channel audio, it's the slightly newer model
that looks like the black Motorola box but is branded differently. I
was going to get a TiVO, but decided instead to download the Mythbuntu
distro and convinced my roommate that it was better than TiVO [in so
many ways].
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;">What we want to do:
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<br>Plug the cable directly into the tuner, and S-video out to the
TV... so we can do Live TV, recording, ETC from the MythTV box. Just
like a TiVO. He also wants to be able to access On-Demand. The channels
we're most concerned about, are sub-100 (Cartoon Network for Adult
Swim, History/Discovery Channel, etc). We have a standard TV and don't
plan on upgrading to a 1080p TV until some time early next year, and
thus don't care much about HD right now. We want to play DVDs right
from it, and the shows we've saved as well as streaming from my PC of
video and audio.
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<br>I was going to obtain a PVR-150 to use (and if we need to, add
another for a dual-150 setup), but noticed it was for NTSC only. So I
settled on the HVR-1800 because it can to A/NTSC as well as OTA. Then
at that point, I wasn't sure if either one was going to work with the
Comcast Digital service without the STB. I'd rather get the 150 so I
don't have to worry about getting a remote, but if I need to, I can
pick up a StreamZap at Fry's. <br>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ultimately:</span>
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We want to be able to use the MythTV box for everything, and take the
STB out of the mix. I have a feeling though, that we're going to need
to IR Blast it and have it do the channels for us pushing the video down
through the S-Video. <br><br>Which I guess means if I want to play back, I'll
have to S-Video out from the video card back to the TV. That requires
changing inputs on the stereo receiver (*sigh* one input for watching normal TV, a different input for watching the Myth box...), and I think that's a bit too much for him to handle.
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<br>-and at which point, I'm not sure if I should get the PVR-150 or the HVR-1800<br><br>
So. The options are confusing, and I'm not sure. I just don't know what setup is going to work. Suggestions?<br></span>