DVRplayground - MythTV

The Ubuntu Family Expands

Community Headlines — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:19:10 GMT

Ubuntu's added another great project to it's solid collection of operating systems. But Mythubuntu 7.1 , the lastest addition to the Ubuntu clan, is not just another operating system. This one's devoted to nothing but pure media goodness. In one seamless installation you get everything you need to set up your own MythTV. New versions are expected each month.

TiVo Series2 into a MythTV Box

swomper — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:02:38 GMT

Does anyone know how to turn a TiVo Series 2 Box into a MythTV Box?

TiVo Series 3 or MythTV - Finding the Better Fit

miriamp — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:53:31 GMT

TiVo Series3: Where My TiVo Series3 Fits in My Home Theatre One of the first signs of developing domesticity is buying a number of items for your place, including your home entertainment system. For a lot of people, being able to invest in a set of equipment designed for this purpose is a meaningful and happy time. Not unlike one’s PC or lap top, your entertainment system becomes individualized on some level. Two forces seem at work here: budget and desire. At my home we’ve never gone beyond owning the basic stuff: PC, Playstation 2.5, TV, VHS, and a DVD player. Then the TiVo Series 3 came along. What’s Really Necessary? First of all, no one in my home’s a technophilic genius. I wanted to add something to my home system that didn’t require another college degree just to install. Due to my limited technological skills, MythTV wasn’t an option. For me, it would be like trying to sell a bicycle to a fish. I wasn’t a complete novice. Mostly, we’d suffered along with an old-fashion VCR. Then we had a DVD player, which obviously was handy for movies but not great for recording TV programs. We ended up with...

From Cool to Creepy, Latest LinuxMCE Has it All

Community Headlines — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:05:15 GMT

Combining an innovative stylish interface with wizard-based screens, LinuxMCE 0704 is powerful, packed with features, and pretty ( check out the demo ). You don't need to be an engineer to set it up, and of course, it's free. What more could you ask for in a media center? Not much, according to the folks over at KDE Dot News . The latest offering from LinuxMDE, a joint effort with KDE, does pretty much everything you might want from an Open Source Media Center. This thing's the guard dog of home media systems. LinuxMDE's remote Orbiters offer a unique blend of sci-fi and creepy: they control your entire home including your telecommunications system; remember individual user preferences; follow you from room to room (it can even link multiple homes); talk to and operate your mobile phone; act as a complete home security system; and will even babysit the kids. Need more storage to keep tabs on everyone? No problem; it also supports NAS ! I wonder if it makes decent coffee.

Monolith Media Center - Pre-built MythTV box

MattJMcD — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:45:47 GMT

Hey everyone, My name is Matt and I'm with a company called Monolith Media Center. We sell Linux media centers running the MythTV media suite ready to go right out of the box. Myth TV is a great piece of software (especially because of the lack of subscription fees) and can do more than a standard TiVo. If you have a minute please check us out at www.monolithmc.com and see for yourself. Also any feedback would be great. Thanks again. Matt.