Bob2002
ULTIMATE Member
I recently got a combined HDD PVR/DVD recorder. It's great but unfortunately has only one Freeview tuner; there are PVRs with dual digital tuners but no DVD recorder. Looking at various forums it seems that by using a PC as a media centre you can stick, for example, four digital tuners in the same box e.g. record three different things, while watching something on the fourth tuner !
Does anyone have any experience with building their own PVRs ? What media centre software do you suggest ? Here are some suggestions I've come across -
http://www.mythtv.org/ - Linux
http://www.gbpvr.com/ - Windows
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/default.mspx - Windows
Myth seems to get the rave reviews, but I think I'll probably go with GB-PVR since it has a healthy forum with users using multiple digital tuners with no significant problems (it seems). M$ Media Center has limits on the number of tuners (could be wrong) so that seems to place it at a disadvantage.
Feel free to chip in with your opinions or experiences. :nod:
Does anyone have any experience with building their own PVRs ? What media centre software do you suggest ? Here are some suggestions I've come across -
http://www.mythtv.org/ - Linux
http://www.gbpvr.com/ - Windows
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/default.mspx - Windows
Myth seems to get the rave reviews, but I think I'll probably go with GB-PVR since it has a healthy forum with users using multiple digital tuners with no significant problems (it seems). M$ Media Center has limits on the number of tuners (could be wrong) so that seems to place it at a disadvantage.
Feel free to chip in with your opinions or experiences. :nod:























