Game_boy said:
BengaBenga said:
Gnizmo said:
You'd still have to have your PC on and have no-one else using it. Remember that media devices are designed to be used in family circumstances and that most families have 1 or 2 PC's of which the probably won't use any to be used as a DVD player. Of course TV's will be linked to the internet in some sort of way, but this will probably more in a way we see with current pay-TV decoders.
I am not trying to be mean here, but this is the perfect example of the ignorance you are talking about. You can set it up so the compuer plays the TV shows while someone else uses it for whatever else they want. Most people just don't know, and frankly don't care that their computer can perform these tasks. They would rather just buy a DVR and use it while leaving out all the "complicated" computer tuning. |
Indeed, I was talking about your average computer setup, because the average person is the mass consumer market. There are probably people on this forum that use their computer to toas their bread, but I wasn't talking about that. I know what you described is perfectly well possible on a PC, but not without a setup that requires long wires or wireless conections, what the average person doesn't want to mingle with. I don't really blame them, and I don't see it changing, because the alternative works and is convenient. |
MythTV is awesome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythTV There are several Linux distributions with complete embedded MythTV setups out of the box (e.g. Mythbuntu or Mythdora) and all you have to do is connect the devices really (or that's the goal). So, when Dell or HP starts selling £200 MythTV-or-similar-setup desktops (It's coming), it will be just as easy to have a DVR or one of those, except you can use the Linux for one everything else too. |
With bittorent you don't even need to instal linux and can have it done for free with a lower quality video card. Any card capable of TV out hooked into a computer capable of downloading files can get the set-up going with any OS you choose.
Mythtv is unbelievably awesome though. It gives your old computer a great new use.
