[Klug-general] MythTV and FreeSat

Thu Mar 11 12:13:15 UTC 2010

Bit of a side track - but yes, the whole situation is a bit annoying.

I know there are alternatives such as iPlayer, downloads etc. - but I don't
want a PC environment when I want to watch TV. It's the whole lean back/
lean forward argument.

MythTV "just works" once it "works" and I can just sit there with my remote
and not even be concerned that it's Linux, but know that it's superior to
pretty much anything else on the market for my needs.

Talking it over with Hannah last night - I feel that going down the DVB-S2
route might end up frustrating - more expensive and less supported. So I
might try and pick up a tried and tested DVB-S card for the moment as I'm
not overly fussed by HD for the moment.

Spode

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:53 AM, J D Freeman <klug at quixotic.org.uk> wrote:

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> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:42:22AM +0000, Dan Attwood wrote:
> > As i see it unless you don't have a tv, listen to bbc radio or consume
> bbc
> > content in any way other then dvds you have legitmatly bought, then you
> > shouldn't really be complaining.
>
> Read what I said, I have a large pile of BBC made DVD's each bought and
> paid for. That is where I consume my BBC content. Apart from the set of
> BBC DVD's that are so heavily copy protected that I can't actually play
> what I have legitimately paid for.
>
> Also, be happy, the beeb isn't just funded by your license fee, but by the
> cable tv subscription in places like the netherlands. There isn't a
> license fee on top of the cable fee, but some of that cable fee does get
> back to aunty.
>
> J
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