TV Tuners

[who117]

so i cant wait till the windows version is coming out . im running vista64 ultimate and im wandering what would be the best for a tv tuner card to use boxee with. im a comcrap err meant comcast customer and i dont want to spend more than a 100 bucks.


regards

[Gamester17]

Please search before posting, Boxee does not support TV Tuners (nor does it have any built-in PVR functions) yet.

[grndslm]

Yes, Boxee doesn't support TV tuners.... but it supports mythbackend, which supports TV tuners. I think you'll still have to use mythfrontend to set recordings... but once they're recorded, you can watch them from within Boxee by adding a "localhost://mythtv" source. And of course, you won't get the auto-commercial skip feature from mythtv either, but oh well.

[agentlame]

the epic 'tv tuner' thread: http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=178

[who117]

so what is the easyest way wo switch back and fort betwean boxee and a DVR solution ?? any blugins or hax for media center planed ??

[agentlame]

so what is the easyest way wo switch back and fort betwean boxee and a DVR solution ?? any blugins or hax for media center planed ??

please read the thread i posted.

there are many plans, and a few working plugins.
also, search the forums for: eyetv, beyondtv, or mythtv depending on your platform.

[CF_Pro]

I like the way the new Boxee Beta looks and feels, but I think not having Tuner Card support is a major turn off. Is Boxee even have plans of supporting a Turner Card? Anybody know a good comparison chart of media centers?

[NomadDNA]

Anybody know a good comparison chart of media centers?

No, but your right: a visual comparative chart needs to be made. Interest in HTPC's has really hit fever pitch recently, with the release of some great small computers (eg., Dell Zino), and the up-and-coming Boxee Beta.

Good websites covering this kind of news include Gizmodo.com and Lifehacker.com.

Check this article out, "Why it's finally time to get a home theater PC" for some good comparisons.....
http://gizmodo.com/5420853/why-its-f...ome-theater-pc

[judgeschambers]

I like the way the new Boxee Beta looks and feels, but I think not having Tuner Card support is a major turn off. Is Boxee even have plans of supporting a Turner Card? Anybody know a good comparison chart of media centers?

I can tell you that Boxee is not planing a TV Tuner option. The focus is on Internet Streaming of content. That is the wave of the future of all content really.

If you want a TV tuner, you'd have to install it on your HTPC and use its own UI. Or just hook up a TV antenna or cable box to the TV and use the alternate Inputs. Yes,TV tuners will give you recording options, but they take a fair amount of CPU process power to run them. But this again contradicts the way things are moving to On Demand Internet streaming of all content.

[judgeschambers]

No, but your right: a visual comparative chart to be made. Interest in HTPC's has really hit fever pitch recently, with the release of some great small computers (eg., Dell Zino), and the up-and-coming Boxee Beta.

Good websites covering this kind of news include Gizmodo.com and Lifehacker.com.

Check this article out, "Why it's finally time to get a home theater PC" for some good comparisons.....
http://gizmodo.com/5420853/why-its-f...ome-theater-pc

If you want a "Real World" review of one of these Revo HTPC's in action, and there are very few, check my blog links in my sig. Sorry, shameless advertisement.

The best Zino "real world" reviews are here:
Part 1 - http://blogs.amd.com/home/2009/11/12...spiron-zinohd/

Part 2- http://blogs.amd.com/home/2009/11/30...piron-zino-hd/