Forigive the question but if have directv then why not get a directivo for 100 
from d*tv bucks and pay the 5 bucks a month for service. You get a no hassle 
linux dvr for probaly a ton cheaper than you would need to pay to get good 
mythtv box. Also d*tivos will record two shows at once...

Quoting Jim <elemint@cox.net>:

> Does anyone here user MythTV with DirecTV and how is the output from
> the
> myth box to the television is there much quality loss?  
> 
> 
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 10:15, Kevin wrote:
> > Eric,
> > 
> > This is very encouraging.  What type of hardware are you running on
> > (capture cards, video output card, etc)?
> > 
> > I'll try 'emerge mythtv' when I get back to my Gentoo box.
> > 
> > ...Kevin
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 16:55, Eric Thelin wrote:
> > > I run my Myth box on gentoo and it is pretty easy to maintain the
> only
> > > tricky part I had was getting the right kernel drivers compiled
> and
> > > loading correctly but that is dependent on what TV card you have. 
> But
> > > once setup it runs VERY well.  As Hans mentioned come to the AzPHP
> > > meeting tomorrow to learn more (and even see my gentoo based
> MythTV
> > box
> > > in action).  I can't say too much about using emerge to build
> MythTV
> > > except that I would expect it to be quite painless because I have
> been
> > > running CVS Myth for quite a while.  But if you are looking for
> simple
> > > checkout the unofficial FAQ on pvrhw.goldfish.org.
> > > 
> > > Eric
> > 
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