[kwlug-disc] Cutting the cord

[Colin Mackay]

To CrankyoldBugger,

In regards to your wife, ANY PVR is going to have a menu to navigate.  You
can purchase OTA PVR's, Channel Master makes some, but I've never tried
them.  MythTV wouldn't be hard, as long as the remote is set up as
expected, it's very nice and completely configurable via XML pages.  You
could literally make a menu item that has your wife's name and takes her to
the recordings.  From there, you just click OK on one and it plays.  Very
simple.

What channel are those daily shows on?  I know one is on CityTV.  Check out
'tvfool.com' for locations of transmitters.  They map them out for you. :)

MythTV is probably more expensive than one of those Channel Master PVR's,
but it's more fun. :D  The HD Homerun dual tuner is about $99 and works out
of the box via a network connection.

But then you need a box to run Mythbackend and the Frontend.  Plus a remote
and iR receiver.



On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 9:15 PM, R. Brent Clements <rbclemen at gmail.com>wrote:

> There is a half decent ATSC tuner box that provides PVR functionality
> pretty close to the commercial services.  Most of the stations are
> broadcasting tv listing info too, so you pick the show, hit the record
> button, and it takes care of everything.  Can't remember the brand of
> the one we have been using, but I can find out
>
> Brent
>
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Adam Glauser <adamglauser at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I used to do something similar to Colin (no OTA) until about a year ago,
> > when Netflix won me away. Word on the street is that Netflix is working
> well
> > for most through Wine now.
> >
> > I had XBMC configured to launch Netflix in a browser using a fairly
> seamless
> > menu option, similarly to how other plugins work. The only slightly
> annoying
> > thing was having to switch from remote to mouse (+keyboard if
> searching). I
> > suspect that with some research about LIRC this could be overcome.
> >
> > Colin, I have some specific questions.
> >
> >> -with the plugin 'Canada on Demand', which gets me a number of shows
> >> streamed (after the fact) from sites like Discovery, HGTV Canada, Food
> >> Network Canada, Global, CTV.  These are the ones I watch reliably.
> >
> > I found the consistency of this plugin lacking, as well as stream
> quality.
> > Has this improved at all?
> >
> >> -with a proxy, I also use the 'Free Cable' plugin, which gets me ABC,
> CBS,
> >> NBC and some of the other American networks (after the fact).
> >
> > Neat! How is the quality of these streams, and the usability of the
> plugin
> > for finding specific shows? Do you use a keyboard? Also, do you need to
> > switch the proxy on and off when using streams for different regions?
> >
> > Any annoying time limits on episode availability? Arrow is one of my
> guilty
> > pleasures, but CTV only keeps a few episodes available at any one time.
> Are
> > other networks similar?
> >
> >
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