[olug] Myth TV / Cox Digital Box questions etc

[Mr Scsi]

I can't speak to the usability of the tivo systems, but I use myth on a
serial port to the vanila digital cable box.

I haven't seen them with firewire, I thought that was only on the dvr
tuners.



On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Will Langford <unfies at gmail.com> wrote:

> There's been a few discussions on Myth TV, a few different tuners, and
> the Cox DVR over the last few months.
>
> I've got a question.
>
> My main reason for not going with a custom DVR is that the only thing
> I know of that can do digital cable is the ATI TV Wonder Digital Cable
> Tuner ... and from what I've heard it can be a bit flakey... not to
> mention the $300-$600 price tag is a bit of a cause for sticker shock
> :).
>
> Why insist on a digital tuner ? Probably half (or more) of the TV I
> watch reside in channels over 100 in the Cox channel line up.  I'd
> really hate to return to extended analog cable :(.
>
> The Cox DVR is fairly functional, but not really the greatest.  TIVO
> seems like it might be an option... and I've heard of many good
> success stories on installs, assuming you inform Cox ahead of time of
> what you're doing (so as to get a newer model cablecard).... and other
> than upfront cost, the ~$20-$25 a month you'd pay in TIVO & CableCARD
> rental is prolly about a wash with the Cox DVR.  I've also heard of
> the export / rip-able capabilities of the TVIO which sounds useful.
>
> Lastly, I'm not too concerned about losing the On Demand stuff.. a
> splitter and vanilla digital box from Cox will take care of that :).
>
> Now for the questions.  First, anyone digital TIVO'd with Cox in the
> area ? How's it fair ?  Can you really get contents off ?
>
> Second, I've seen some posts here or there concerning controlling a
> Cox box (dvr or regular) via the firewire port.  Even if all it does
> is change channels and capture is done via coax, is this indeed a
> possibility ?  If so, is there any package dealy for Myth TV (or MCE,
> or whatever) to make the whole process less clumsy ?
>
> If there's an upfront cost of $300-$400, but if I get digital cable
> tuning abilities and the ability to export content (ie: to quickly
> burn to dvd or similar), then... I might be able to be convinced :).
>
> -Will
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