[ale] [OT] Effective, non-ripoff, cheaper-than-Comcast/AT&T Internet for apartment

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try plex dvr with hdhomerun

Sent from my mobile. Please excuse the brevity, spelling, and punctuation.

On Apr 17, 2017 11:36 PM, "Byron Jeff" <byronjeff at clayton.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 10:08:08PM -0400, Pete Hardie wrote:
> >    On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 9:46 PM, Byron Jeff <[1]byronjeff at clayton.edu
> >
> >    wrote:
> >
> >      On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 09:34:55PM -0400, Pete Hardie wrote:
> >      >    Byron, would you be willing to answer some questions about your
> >      setup?
> >      Sure.
> >      >    I'm looking to replace my ailing ReplayTVs with a more flexible
> >      DVR
> >      >    system, and have not yet found a good solution
> >      All solutions seem to have their challenges. Mine is one that so far
> >      I can
> >      live with.
> >      BAJ
> >
> >    My main problem is finding a way to get cable and/or OTA channels for
> >    live viewing and recording.  I assume that Plex or Kodi will provide a
> >    replay and streaming solution.
> >    --
>
> MythTV is what I use for both live viewing and recording. From a software
> standpoint it's the most stable part of my system. Hardware has been a
> challenge though. I'm on my third motherboard and my third video hard disk
> (a 3GB followed by 2 5GB) in a bit less than two years.
>
> I'm using Kodi for frontends. Not really as stable as I'd like. Tends to
> peg the CPU and lock up at random times.
>
> My latest front end test is with a MiBox sold at WalMart. While it looks
> like it has the horsepower to be a decent front end, streaming even
> from the MythTV box on the same network is choppy on a good day. I've read
> a couple of reports of better responses with a USB to ethernet connector.
> It's something I may try next month.
>
> The final piece is capture hardware. Cable works pretty well with
> CableCards. I have two of them in two HDHomeRun Primes, which carry 3
> tuners each. So I can LiveTV or record up to 6 times simultaneously.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> BAJ
>
> >    Pete Hardie
> >    --------
> >    Better Living Through Bitmaps
> >
> > References
> >
> >    1. mailto:byronjeff at clayton.edu
>
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