mobbo
join:2005-04-13
Denton, TX
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to SLD
Re: Getting content to the TV isn't hard
Ditto. I turned my older gaming PC (still pretty powerful) into a Media Center PC. I can find all the TV shows I normally watch just a few hours old via eztv and download them via BitTorrent. I setup filters that download all my shows atuomatically and put them in pre-determined folders.
Before I got FiOS, I didn't even have TV service and survived just fine using the BT --> Media Center PC method, plus everything is in HD (MPEG4 encoded). I also turned my Xbox 360 into a Media Center Extender, so I have access to my shows on every big screen in my house.
If I wasn't such a soccer fan, I probably wouldn't have FiOS TV. My girlfriend would complain, too. |
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SLD
Premium
join:2002-04-17
 ·Comcast
2 edits | reply to ISurfTooMuch
Hey, just build a nice media center PC! I needed a RAID array to backup work stuff, so while researching NAS options, I discovered that I could build my own for about the same price and added an HD Homerun. Voila - dual QAM tuners over the network, and I can watch Comcast HD content (unencrypted) and Netflix streaming right on the big screen via an HDMI cable from the video card to the TV. Plus the file transfer speed reaches about 90MB/sec over the LAN to my workstations for file backup. The 3 disk RAID 5 gives me 1.5 TB of file and video storage - WAY more than any consumer DVR, and I can keep expanding up to 8 disks. The case looks great too - like any other component under the TV. |
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