Comments on: HTPC build update. http://www.techtalk.za.net/2008/08/11/htpc_build_pt2/ Technology Blabber! Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:14:10 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Johan http://www.techtalk.za.net/2008/08/11/htpc_build_pt2/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Johan Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:14:10 +0000 http://www.techtalk.za.net/?p=118#comment-320 @Alwyn, That is an awesome idea one with so much less effort, and it can serve a dual purpose! To be able to browse the net and watch TV on the same box. @n002213f I used a normal dsd900 or something decoder worked great, I got the remote with the tv tuner really a nice high end piece of kit. I was able to record live TV pause and replay. because the decoder only has 1 tuner, you cannot view and record simultaneous live feeds, you can however watch recoded media and the live feed that is busy recording. You can also schedule recordings via an on-line interface, stream Live stream to any network connected pc, running the myth front end. It was awesome. You may have noticed I said was, I decommissioned the box and it was born a new fileserver, I am now in the process of buying a dedicated media player and NAS combination watch out for more on that soon... @Alwyn, That is an awesome idea one with so much less effort, and it can serve a dual purpose! To be able to browse the net and watch TV on the same box.

@n002213f I used a normal dsd900 or something decoder worked great, I got the remote with the tv tuner really a nice high end piece of kit. I was able to record live TV pause and replay. because the decoder only has 1 tuner, you cannot view and record simultaneous live feeds, you can however watch recoded media and the live feed that is busy recording. You can also schedule recordings via an on-line interface, stream Live stream to any network connected pc, running the myth front end. It was awesome.

You may have noticed I said was, I decommissioned the box and it was born a new fileserver, I am now in the process of buying a dedicated media player and NAS combination watch out for more on that soon…

]]> By: n002213f http://www.techtalk.za.net/2008/08/11/htpc_build_pt2/comment-page-1/#comment-319 n002213f Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:54:47 +0000 http://www.techtalk.za.net/?p=118#comment-319 Thanks for the guide, looking forward to do the same. A few questions, which decoder where you using, normal, PVR, HD (sorry i don't know them precisely but appreciate they are varieties)? Where did you get you remote? Where able to get recording channels working, record one while you watch another? Thanks for the guide, looking forward to do the same. A few questions, which decoder where you using, normal, PVR, HD (sorry i don’t know them precisely but appreciate they are varieties)? Where did you get you remote? Where able to get recording channels working, record one while you watch another?

]]> By: Alwyn http://www.techtalk.za.net/2008/08/11/htpc_build_pt2/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Alwyn Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:59:16 +0000 http://www.techtalk.za.net/?p=118#comment-318 How about using a wireless mouse (and keyboard) instead of a remote? I'm typing this on a Philips SPT5701BC keyboard on Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) and mouse and keyboard works out of the box! (No complicated Terminal commands) This wireless setup operates on 2.4 Ghz and got a 10m range!! Best of all: it sells for under R600. How about using a wireless mouse (and keyboard) instead of a remote? I’m typing this on a Philips SPT5701BC keyboard on Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) and mouse and keyboard works out of the box! (No complicated Terminal commands) This wireless setup operates on 2.4 Ghz and got a 10m range!! Best of all: it sells for under R600.

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