Sorry for the subject guys, but I posted 2 fact based
replys
yesterday that somehow have not appeared, and its very
annoying.
Someone mentioned IR control from showshifter.
YES
Someone also mentioned IR control when Showshifter box
is
not in the same room. Would this not be a problem for Tivo as well, or does
tv
come with some magic method of communicating with all the hardware on the
planet that is TIVO only and Showshifter cannot
use?
This is one point I will conceed, that Showshifter
before
1.5 sucked a fair bit. I did having it running on different (early via
chipset)
hardware but I couldn't trust it 100%.
The current release version 1.50 is very stable and has
been
recording all my tv viewing since release. Showshifter does improve with
every
release, I should know I've been fighting with it for about 2 years
now..
The latest 'Preview Release' of Showshifter adds overlay
displays of show position etc...
It also adds FREE SUBSCRIPTION scheduling. Oh and MP3
handling is improved greatly, album pics and lots more.. Segmented avi
recordings..
I am capturing to a raid array in a silencing
enclosure. I can capture from my S-vhs deck or ntl digibox losslessly
or
with compression. In fact with compression on I can capture to a network
drive! Oh and I can install more than 2 disks! It then runs thru
a little app I wrote that edits out adverts by watching for station
idents(mostly for sky1 captures). Once I check the edits, IF I
want
to archive, I convert the files down to Mpeg2 and burn them to dvd-r/rw.
Once I
put a flaging system in place in the recording filename and have the ident
software perfect, I'll move my dvd-r drive into the Showshifter box and
leave a
blank in it, and it will do it all automatically.. Tivo can , um , it can
do
none of these things. oh. But the case is
nice!
It comes down to this....
Tivo can only do a fraction of what I've just
described. FACT. And you guys have to forward thru commercials don't you?
:) I
know it's only a button press, but still, how much disk space you using for
adverts? Thats just stupid. Oh and even if you edit out commercials, you
still
have to spend time transfering the data at 100 base network speed.
Oh, and I have seen/used a Tivo. The fact most users
here
defend the fact that their Hard earned money wasn't wasted doesn't surprise
me
in the least.
I think we will see that, providing Showshifter keeps
improving at it's current rate this thread should be quite funny to look
back
on in a couple of months. For Showshifter
users!
And for those who wanted my
specs...
Main SS machine (Live one doing all the
work)
Matrox g200 !! (yes it works under xp)
AMD Athlon 1gig running
100fsb
Test SS machine (For betas and
dev)
2*19inch monitors for 2560x1024
lovin!