[mythtvnz] Just how cheap could you build a system? Possibly OT.

[DB]

You can't beat the price of a Tivo at $222 from bond & bond. I have 2 of 
them and a MYTH box. I use the Tivo all the time, don't use the Myth box 
much anymore.

On 6/06/2012 5:05 p.m., dmoo1790 at ihug.co.nz wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 16:43:24 +1200, "Criggie"<criggie at criggie.org.nz>
> wrote:
>> David Moore wrote:
>>> I've been thinking about what my Dad will do when the analogue switch
>>> off occurs. I suspect it's not possible to build a reliable dual tuner
>>> DVB-T system at a price comparable to the commercial PVRs. Any comments?
>>>
>>> If I'm right and he/we starts looking for a commercial PVR to replace
>>> the VCR, any thoughts on good boxes? Seems many are quite flaky.
>>
>> You get what you pay for, and pretty much everyone on this list chose
>> MythTV.   So I doubt there's going to be many useful suggestions from the
>> list members :)
>>
> Er, yeah. I chose it myself but it cost me a crap load more than a
> commercial PVR. But maybe someone has built a system a lot cheaper than I
> did.
>
>> How about you get VDSL with a 5-6 Mbit/sec upload, set up a tunnel from
>> his home router to yours, and simply stream recordings off your backend
> to
>> him?
>>
>> Caps could be an issue though, so look for an ISP with zero-rated
> internal
>> traffic like TCL.
> Caps would be the least of the issues with this solution. I guess you may
> be joking.
>
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