Re: ShowShifter vs. TiVo

["Jason Lee" <jasonjlee@xxxxxxx>]

Um, the Tivo's case is really nice.

 

But it can't play dvd's, cd's, browse the web and record my security camera's, answer my phone with caller-id, and convert to mpeg 2 and burn a dvd-r and act as x10 controller.

 

But then it's not trying too, but my house only a 3 bedroom semi, and if I had individual boxes for everything, they'd be no room for me!

 

I would go with a ShowShifter box, with a radeon card, IF you have any other pc use for the same box as I have..

 

Just my 2p's worth.

 

J

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Kenneth Watt

To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 11:48 AM

Subject: RE: [ukha_d] ShowShifter vs. TiVo

Nik,

 

Buy the TiVo, you won’t regret it and I don’t need to list the converts so far….they know who they are! ;-)

 

K.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Nikola Kasic [mailto:nikola@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 24 May 2002 11:09
To: Home automation (E-mail)
Subject: [ukha_d] ShowShifter vs. TiVo

 

I am considering buying TiVo.

However, I discovered Showshifter recently. Now I would like to compare those two products:

- Tivo is all in single package

- If I install ShowShifter on PC and have TV tuner card and VGA with TV out card, then it should be similar like TiVo.

I already have DigiGuide subscription and ShowShifter can record directly from DigiGuide, so I have the same functionality like TiVo.

It seems that ShowShifter supports all the "TiVo" features like live program pause etc...

Again, because it's Windows machine, HDD upgrade, ethernet connection etc is all much easier to implement. All that breaks TiVo's warranty so there's no advantage buying TiVo for that.

So, my only concern there is: Picture quality.

Because RF signal there comes in TV tuner card, is processed by PC, and is converted to video signal I wonder if this is watchable.

Showshifter says that it's for watching TV on your PC, but I don't really want to watch it on the PC, I want to watch it on TV.

My experience with any VGA to PAL converters was very disappointing. 

Does anyone use ShowShifter and watches it on TV? 

What's the picture quality?

Nik 

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