PurePVR » Beyond TV http://www.purepvr.com PVR / DVR / TiVo - We have it all Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:43:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 A bit of everything http://www.purepvr.com/2006/06/22/a-bit-of-everything/ http://www.purepvr.com/2006/06/22/a-bit-of-everything/#comments Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:38:13 +0000 Matt http://www.purepvr.com/2006/06/22/a-bit-of-everything/ Today I am going to be playing catch up. Instead of one post talking about something in particular, I’m going to post a few links. Unfortunately I have been so busy lately that this site hasn’t been getting the attention it deserves. So here we go:

I thought all of the above had some interest, hence me posting their links. Currently I need to shuffle my days around a bit so I can find a steady time to work on this site. But for now, hopefully this will do.

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]]> http://www.purepvr.com/2006/06/22/a-bit-of-everything/feed/ 0 ReplayTV is looking for Beta testers http://www.purepvr.com/2006/05/22/replaytv-is-looking-for-beta-testers/ http://www.purepvr.com/2006/05/22/replaytv-is-looking-for-beta-testers/#comments Mon, 22 May 2006 17:54:06 +0000 Matt http://www.purepvr.com/2006/05/22/replaytv-is-looking-for-beta-testers/ ReplayTVIn a move to gain more users, ReplayTV will be releasing a PC version of its PVR / DVR application. Right now you can sign up by going here. The deadline for applying to be a beta tester is May 31st.

I’m not sure how much of a market there will be for yet another PVR / DVR / HTPC solution. Right now there are a few pay solutions (most notably SageTV & BeyondTV), but more importantly there are quite a few free solutions (MythTV for Linux & GB-PVR for Windows, to name a few). Will a venture into the PC market by ReplayTV pay off? It might if they can offer something that nobody else can, most likely some sort of interaction between the software and ReplayTV units. If not, then it may just be a rash decision to try and get piece of the PC software market.

More info can be found at Build Your Own PVR.

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]]> http://www.purepvr.com/2006/05/22/replaytv-is-looking-for-beta-testers/feed/ 0 A non technical head to head battle of SageTV & Beyond TV http://www.purepvr.com/2006/05/08/a-non-technical-head-to-head-battle-of-sagetv-beyond-tv/ http://www.purepvr.com/2006/05/08/a-non-technical-head-to-head-battle-of-sagetv-beyond-tv/#comments Mon, 08 May 2006 19:53:41 +0000 Matt http://www.purepvr.com/2006/05/08/a-non-technical-head-to-head-battle-of-sagetv-beyond-tv/ Beyond TVDiane Kristine decided that she wanted to foray into the world of PVR / DVR users. Although she is not technologically inclined, she did opt to use her computer as the device. A large part of that reason is because up here in Canada TiVo isn’t exactly a feasible option and a large part of the cable providers only have HD compliant devices (some of us are still on non HD TVs).

She initially tried out GB-PVR and MythTV, but soon found them too technical. So along with her Hauppauge WinTV-150 she proceeded to try out SageTV & Beyond TV. She had a few experiences which might help new users decide what software to go with (including having SageTV’s Intelligent Recording record a half hour infomercial). Her ultimate choice is indeed Beyond TV, but you may want to see why she chose it and whether it fits your bill too.

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