=== willwh is now known as willwh`afk === willwh`afk is now known as willwh === willwh is now known as willwh`afk [12:05] Hi folks [14:03] small markets don't have to switch to digital tv tonight ...no ota didgtal here , same old snowy analog :( [14:03] er digital [14:21] We decided not to get cable when we moved last month, not worth $60/month for something we hardly ever watched [14:23] johanbr, yeah, we have a sat dish but , it's nice to get local service ota [14:23] So you at least know what the local news and weather alerts, etc... [14:27] 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 [14:31] as for the cbc , global and the one indie local transmitters ..who knows [14:32] I'll run a scan tomorrow [14:36] Hm, that reminds me I have an old Hauppauge hvr-1600 someplace I should probably dig out and test [14:43] I was looking at the new Hauppauge HD 1212/19 pvr with the component video inputs, for recording on a pc . [14:44] without having to use mythtv...and it comes with native linux drivers available [14:45] wife asks me...how many pvrs do we need ? :) [14:50] One for every channel! ;) [14:58] 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 [14:59] she's a really intelligent woman but her fascination with big brother etc is very puzzling [14:59] 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 [15:01] 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 [15:03] huge raid 5 eh, sounds very cool :) [15:04] what do you use to dump the shows ? a capture card/tv tuner ? [15:04] Tivo maybe ? [15:05] 12 1Tb drives ( 10 active, 2 spares ) then 2 small drives in a RAID1 for booting [15:07] BluesKaj: I have in there 1 Nvidia 8800 GTX and 1 Sapphire Radeon HD3450 [15:07] ( old stuff now but both bought brand-new at the time ) [15:08] The box itself can dualboot either XP Media Center Edition or MythTV [15:09] I think I might also have Win 7 64bit on it somewhere [15:11] how does the video get transferred to the box ? [15:13] MythTV, ok so you have a tuner of some sort [15:13] Yes, both cards have HD tuners [15:15] nice ! [15:17] 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 [15:59] bbiab === willwh`afk is now known as willwh === willwh is now known as willwh`afk === willwh`afk is now known as willwh