norman.walsh.name: Comments on /2004/06/04/dvrhttp://norman.walsh.name/2004/06/04/dvr/comments.atom2012-05-22T18:45:23.604041ZComment 1 on /2004/06/04/dvrhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00012004-06-04T18:08:23Z2004-06-04T18:08:23ZScott Hudson

Hi Norm, We made the switch to Dish Network last fall. "Awesome" is too small a word to describe life with DVR now! Our remote has a 30-second jump forward button and a 5-second jump back button, and the hard drive will hold 100 hours! It is more like a VCR in that you say "I like this show, so record this time once, daily or weekly" That's about the only differences I've seen from the Tivo units. Did I mention the DVR and dish were free w/free installation?

Comment 2 on /2004/06/04/dvrhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00022004-06-04T20:28:26Z2004-06-04T20:28:26ZJoe Clarkda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

CF. http://axxlog.wordpress.net/archives/category/digital-tv/pvr/

Comment 3 on /2004/06/04/dvrhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00032004-06-04T22:14:05Z2004-06-04T22:14:05ZNorman Walshda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Wow, Joe, that's some list of problems. I googled the 8000 just after I got it and you're not alone.

It's not the unit I would have selected given a choice, but I wasn't given a choice.

Luckily, the glitches I've seen pale in comparison to yours. It's rebooted a copule of times and the audio got out of sync once, that's about it.

Comment 4 on /2004/06/04/dvrhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00042004-06-08T13:37:04Z2004-06-08T13:37:04ZDavid Smithda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org/), an incredible GPL’d DVR project. The setup is not difficult, really just an apt-get and then a graphical setup program and it seems to address all of your issues and then some. Pick up a WinTV card from ebay for $10 and a nice little Shuttle mini-case and it’s a very slick setup.

Comment 5 on /2004/06/04/dvrhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00052004-06-09T02:19:58Z2004-06-09T02:19:58ZMark da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

I have 39 episodes of Good Eats archived. Alton is the man, no doubt about it! But in order to get that many archived you need a huge HD.

Take a look at ReplayTV (RTV). You can set it to record only first-run shows and determine the hours you'll record between. But the part I like the best is the ability to archive shows on a seperate computer over your LAN. Yeap, with the free software at DVarchive.org it is easy to archive anything you want....and burn to DVD, although I haven't done that yet. You can also stream the shows back to the TV connected to the RTV.

I rarely watch anything in "real-time anymore, and I only watch the commercials that look interesting. It is really one of the greatest leaps forward in TV since color.