| === willwh is now known as willwh`afk | ||
| === willwh`afk is now known as willwh | ||
| === willwh is now known as willwh`afk | ||
| BluesKaj | Hi folks | 12:05 |
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| BluesKaj | small markets don't have to switch to digital tv tonight ...no ota didgtal here , same old snowy analog :( | 14:03 |
| BluesKaj | er digital | 14:03 |
| johanbr | We decided not to get cable when we moved last month, not worth $60/month for something we hardly ever watched | 14:21 |
| BluesKaj | johanbr, yeah, we have a sat dish but , it's nice to get local service ota | 14:23 |
| genii-around | So you at least know what the local news and weather alerts, etc... | 14:23 |
| BluesKaj | we've had an attic antenna for yrs , with uhf which is supposed receive digital signals , so we're ready for it . but as usuall the boonies ger lost in the crtc's stupid decisions not make small markets switch over, yet the local ctv is on the satellite , so their uplink is already digital ...they have no excuses except the cost of amuch lower powered transmitter since digital is so much more efficient than analog | 14:27 |
| BluesKaj | as for the cbc , global and the one indie local transmitters ..who knows | 14:31 |
| BluesKaj | I'll run a scan tomorrow | 14:32 |
| genii-around | Hm, that reminds me I have an old Hauppauge hvr-1600 someplace I should probably dig out and test | 14:36 |
| BluesKaj | I was looking at the new Hauppauge HD 1212/19 pvr with the component video inputs, for recording on a pc . | 14:43 |
| BluesKaj | without having to use mythtv...and it comes with native linux drivers available | 14:44 |
| BluesKaj | wife asks me...how many pvrs do we need ? :) | 14:45 |
| genii-around | One for every channel! ;) | 14:50 |
| BluesKaj | she loads up the pvr with those damn reality shows which I can't stand , so I was thinking of more room for shows that I'd like to eventually watch | 14:58 |
| BluesKaj | she's a really intelligent woman but her fascination with big brother etc is very puzzling | 14:59 |
| genii-around | BluesKaj: In our house, I set up a box which basically just has a huge RAID5 and we all use it to dump our shows etc or stream from | 14:59 |
| BluesKaj | right , I use this pc as a media server for shows I DL . mostly Brit stuff like Top Gear etc , which is 2-3 yrs behind on BBC Canada and some movies of course | 15:01 |
| BluesKaj | huge raid 5 eh, sounds very cool :) | 15:03 |
| BluesKaj | what do you use to dump the shows ? a capture card/tv tuner ? | 15:04 |
| BluesKaj | Tivo maybe ? | 15:04 |
| genii-around | 12 1Tb drives ( 10 active, 2 spares ) then 2 small drives in a RAID1 for booting | 15:05 |
| genii-around | BluesKaj: I have in there 1 Nvidia 8800 GTX and 1 Sapphire Radeon HD3450 | 15:07 |
| genii-around | ( old stuff now but both bought brand-new at the time ) | 15:07 |
| genii-around | The box itself can dualboot either XP Media Center Edition or MythTV | 15:08 |
| genii-around | I think I might also have Win 7 64bit on it somewhere | 15:09 |
| BluesKaj | how does the video get transferred to the box ? | 15:11 |
| BluesKaj | MythTV, ok so you have a tuner of some sort | 15:13 |
| genii-around | Yes, both cards have HD tuners | 15:13 |
| BluesKaj | nice ! | 15:15 |
| genii-around | We also have here two Scientific Atlanta 8300HD standalone boxes, one in basement one in livingroom. The one in livingroom has a 2Tb hd attached | 15:17 |
| BluesKaj | bbiab | 15:59 |
| === willwh`afk is now known as willwh | ||
| === willwh is now known as willwh`afk | ||
| === willwh`afk is now known as willwh | ||
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