kdhamann
join:2003-11-08
Medina, OH
| What's the advantage?
Where's the advantage of this over a SageTV, BeyondTV, MythTV, or GBPVR setup with one of the small form factor computers? Or even over Windows MCE? I've been recording, pausing, rewinding, etc live tv for about 2 years and it wasn't particularly tough when I set up my system. I'm hooked to my TV via Svideo, but component and even DVI have been available for a while.
What's the digital *restrictions* management involved? How are they going to make downloading from the internet legal? What is the cost to be? My present PVR had some up front costs, but other than electricity no maintenance costs (SageTV provides continued TV listings as part of the initial sale of the program). |
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kingroach
join:2004-12-09
Astoria, NY | ViiV will run on MCE 2005. MCE is a requirement for a ViiV system. |
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quetwo
That VoIP Guy
Premium
join:2004-09-04
East Lansing, MI
| reply to kdhamann
You have listed all software solutions. Intel has noticed that since the software is out there (and seems to be popular), there needs somebody to take charge of hardware compatibility. For example, hardware compatibility has always plagued MCE -- in fact Microsoft required that only specific OEMs could purchase and sell MCE solutions because of the hardware compatibility issue. Intel wants to be able to allow consumers to purchase ViiV compatible video cards, along with ViiV certified platforms (P4, Centrino), to be able to create their own non-OEM Media Center solutions. |
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notgoodenough
| Still have yet to see a product complete with MythTV. |
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