[TriLUG] OT: Old Dog In Need of New Trick - Digital TV Recording

Ken Mink ken.mink at gmail.com
Fri Feb 7 11:14:50 EST 2014


On 02/07/2014 11:03 AM, Kevin Otte wrote:
> Since you're just using OTA, my suggestion is to get an HDHomeRun. The 
> dual tuner version is $85 from Newegg, so you could record a show and 
> watch another. The best part is since the signal is digital, you're 
> just writing bits to disk and not having to go through a DAC/ADC 
> cycle. In fact, you don't even need a fancy media program. You can 
> command recording through a simple script. That said, a quick search 
> seems to indicate that it integrates with RaspBMC quite nicely.
>
> -- Kevin

+1 on HDHomeRun. I use one with my MythTV setup and they're great. It's 
simply a network device that streams video content. You're Pi will have 
to do little more than redirect the stream to storage or display it 
directly.

Ken

>
>
> On 02/07/2014 10:56 AM, Roy Vestal wrote:
>> Folks,
>>   I'm going to show my age. After 19 years of excellent service, my Sony
>> VCR (yes VCR) died. We used it to tape TV shows from an over the air
>> Digital Converter.
>>
>> So I'm looking to replace my 20 yr old technology with something simple.
>> I know I could build a MythTV or XBMC, but I'm not looking for anything
>> over $100.00. I have RASPBMC running on a RPi.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> -Roy



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