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> Someone mentioned IR control from
showshifter.
YES
No one said it couldn't be done. I was
just
pointing out that's two more subsystems that have to be purchased and
installed.
> 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?
I see you have Sarcasm mode on then
:)
This was raised because people were saying they had moved their SS PCs out
of
their lounges due to the noise. This is not necessary with TiVo as
it's
inaudible. No doubt you will now tell us you can make a PC as quiet,
but
that's more money.
> 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%.
I still have an un-resolved audio problem (as does my neighbour) with
sound
levels when switching between Terrestrial and Satellite. You are
right
though, SS is mega stable now compared to early
versions.
> I am capturing to a raid array in a
silencing
enclosure.
LOL - very nice, but not really
comparable to
TiVo is it.
>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!
So can I, on my SS machine :P But do I
now I
have TiVo? No.
>Oh and I can install more than 2
disks!
Two disks in TiVo would give say 240Gig.
10
Days worth of non-stop playback. Is there really a need for more than
that?
> It then runs thru a little app I
wrote
that edits out adverts by watching for station idents(mostly for sky1
captures).
How does this work with SS? Have you
thought
of releasing it as a SS plugin? More details please.
> 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!
Now you're just being silly :)
Mpeg2
conversions, DVD Writers...how on earth can you compare all that with
TiVo?
I have nothing against a multimedia PC setup
(I
mainly use my SS machine now to play DiVxs to the bedroom or AV Room) but
that's
not within the remit of a PVR.
> 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.
And like you're not defending YOUR
purchases!? Difference is I OWN both systems. and there's just
no
comparison.
> 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!
In a couple of months? OK...note in iPAQ
for
end of July - is SS a TiVo killer yet? Somehow I think I know the
answer
to that one already :)
> And for those who wanted my
specs...
And so this machine with silenced raid array,
DVD
burner etc...how much did it cost then?
I rest my case.
M.
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