<div dir="ltr">Hi Peter,<div><br></div><div>I'd second the advice for HDHomeRun if you have good terrestrial reception at your place.</div><div><br></div><div>MythTV works in a server/client format. This means that it has a backend server, and a frontend. Both of these can run on a single machine. You can also have other frontends attached on the network. This has two great advantages - </div><div>1. You can watch TV in a different room without having to run a coax aerial cable. </div><div>2. You can watch live TV and recordings from anywhere in the house.</div><div><br></div><div>Your backend does not have to be high end. For instance, I am running a Backend/Frontend Mythbuntu machine with an AMD Athlon 64X2 processor and 4GB of DDR2 ram that is approximately 10 years old.</div><div><br></div><div>For the frontend, you want something with a graphics card that will drive your 1080p HDMI screen. On Linux, that means something with supported Hardware acceleration. When I was putting my machine together a few years ago, that meant NVIDIA 600 series or above. That may or may not still be true.</div><div><br></div><div>You can use MythTV's native frontend, but I have moved over to using Kodi as a frontend. This runs acceptably even on a Raspberry Pi Model 1 B.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are using an HDHomeRun you don't even need coax to your backend, just network.</div><div><br></div><div>In summary, there is a lot of setting up required to get a owrking MythTV install compared to a consumer box like the TiVo, but once it's up and running it is very versatile.</div><div><br></div><div>HTH,</div><div><br></div><div>Rory</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 March 2017 at 15:14, Peter Charlesworth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:peter@charlesworth.nz" target="_blank">peter@charlesworth.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_8482801144208453928WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Robert, <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Just to let you know that your advice, generously given on Geekzone, has been followed by one budding MythTV follower. I’m currently trying to get my head around all the terms and descriptions I am encountering, which I am not familiar with, <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">but I think I can get up to speed with some assistance.</span> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Regar</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">ding the hardware, we have an old but effective “home theatre” set-up, currently running through the TiVo for TV input. The TV has HDMI, the system has access to our fibre broadband, and the aerial is UHF. The PC side is where I will probably have to build from scratch, and although we have a couple of defunct desktop towers, I doubt that any of the contents will make the grade. Perhaps I can use an old box and restock it. The home theatre trappings are currently in a large space under the stairs behind the TV, so that would seem an ideal place for a “back end”?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Do there happen to be any members in the Epsom area in Auckland whom I might contact for a meeting and advice? <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Peter</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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