vtxrider
January 7th, 2012, 03:25 PM
OK, I have a Hauppauge 95Q HD TV tuner just laying around so I thought I would give it a try, turns out it works just fine with 1.5.
So the first thing I noticed is that it takes a long time to scan my basic cable channels, about 30 minutes or so. It did find all of them, digital and SD, this includes all of the one we don't want like HSN, QVC, both CSPAN's, and about 15 Spanish channels. So the first things I noticed are:
cons:
1. no way to delete unwanted channels from the guide (in my case about 25)
2. no way to assign favorite channels.
3. overly long scan time
4. EPG awkward to use, may be I just need to get used to it, but having to scan a click at a time past all of those unwanted channels is a pain.
5. No way to direct enter the channel number you want.
6. No DVR functionality, hope it is coming.
Pros:
1. Channel switch time is a little faster than my TV
2. HD channels are perfect, even the SD are pretty good
3. Sharing and seeing how many others of your peeps are on is cool.
4. Being able to go from a movie to HDTV news with a click is nice.
I don't think I will use this a lot, but I don't watch much live TV with the exception of News and Sports. This will be good for the ease of changing from a Movie to the News at night. I might find myself using it more if they incorporate a favorites menu and allow the deletion of unwanted channels from the lineup, even the cheapest TV have those functions. The WinTV software that comes with the 95Q also has them.
I will admit that for their first foray into TV this is a very good start on the part of team Boxee, now they just need to fine tune it a bit.
So the first thing I noticed is that it takes a long time to scan my basic cable channels, about 30 minutes or so. It did find all of them, digital and SD, this includes all of the one we don't want like HSN, QVC, both CSPAN's, and about 15 Spanish channels. So the first things I noticed are:
cons:
1. no way to delete unwanted channels from the guide (in my case about 25)
2. no way to assign favorite channels.
3. overly long scan time
4. EPG awkward to use, may be I just need to get used to it, but having to scan a click at a time past all of those unwanted channels is a pain.
5. No way to direct enter the channel number you want.
6. No DVR functionality, hope it is coming.
Pros:
1. Channel switch time is a little faster than my TV
2. HD channels are perfect, even the SD are pretty good
3. Sharing and seeing how many others of your peeps are on is cool.
4. Being able to go from a movie to HDTV news with a click is nice.
I don't think I will use this a lot, but I don't watch much live TV with the exception of News and Sports. This will be good for the ease of changing from a Movie to the News at night. I might find myself using it more if they incorporate a favorites menu and allow the deletion of unwanted channels from the lineup, even the cheapest TV have those functions. The WinTV software that comes with the 95Q also has them.
I will admit that for their first foray into TV this is a very good start on the part of team Boxee, now they just need to fine tune it a bit.