HDTV and Beyond TV Software...a good solution?

Isn't OTA going away next February?

<[email protected]> wrote in message news:93c141e1-1644-40b4-9a10-29f9956a5c07@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I'm not sure if this is the best forum to post this question, but here
> goes. I'm trying to get away from all the monthly cable and tivo
> charges, so I'm thinking of the following solution:
>
> 1) HDTV with OTA Antenna.
> 2) Beyond TV Software.
>
> I would like to be able to record shows in HD, and play them back on
> my new HDTV. I'm thinking of getting an aerial so I can watch OTA
> (Over the Air) HDTV broadcasts.
>
> I just found out about "Beyond TV" software, and it says that you can
> record TV programs on a computer, and play them back on your HDTV.
>
> My question is, has anyone tried this, and is it a good solution?
>
> Are there any things about this scenario that are "too good to be
> true", or flatly don't work?
>
> I'm interested in anyone's opinion to help shed lights on the pros/
> cons of this situation.
>
> Thanks

Analog OTA in the US is what's going away.

On 7/08/2008, nospam posted this:
> Isn't OTA going away next February?
>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:93c141e1-1644-40b4-9a10-29f9956a5c07@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm not sure if this is the best forum to post this question, but here
>> goes. I'm trying to get away from all the monthly cable and tivo
>> charges, so I'm thinking of the following solution:
>>
>> 1) HDTV with OTA Antenna.
>> 2) Beyond TV Software.
>>
>> I would like to be able to record shows in HD, and play them back on
>> my new HDTV. I'm thinking of getting an aerial so I can watch OTA
>> (Over the Air) HDTV broadcasts.
>>
>> I just found out about "Beyond TV" software, and it says that you can
>> record TV programs on a computer, and play them back on your HDTV.
>>
>> My question is, has anyone tried this, and is it a good solution?
>>
>> Are there any things about this scenario that are "too good to be
>> true", or flatly don't work?
>>
>> I'm interested in anyone's opinion to help shed lights on the pros/
>> cons of this situation.
>>
>> Thanks

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(replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")

"Gene E. Bloch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:mn.43f47d878c439fde.1980@nobody.invalid...
> Analog OTA in the US is what's going away.
>
> On 7/08/2008, nospam posted this:
>> Isn't OTA going away next February?
>>
>> <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:93c141e1-1644-40b4-9a10-29f9956a5c07@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if this is the best forum to post this question, but here
>>> goes. I'm trying to get away from all the monthly cable and tivo
>>> charges, so I'm thinking of the following solution:
>>>
>>> 1) HDTV with OTA Antenna.
>>> 2) Beyond TV Software.
>>>
>>> I would like to be able to record shows in HD, and play them back on
>>> my new HDTV. I'm thinking of getting an aerial so I can watch OTA
>>> (Over the Air) HDTV broadcasts.
>>>
>>> I just found out about "Beyond TV" software, and it says that you can
>>> record TV programs on a computer, and play them back on your HDTV.
>>>
>>> My question is, has anyone tried this, and is it a good solution?
>>>
>>> Are there any things about this scenario that are "too good to be
>>> true", or flatly don't work?
>>>
>>> I'm interested in anyone's opinion to help shed lights on the pros/
>>> cons of this situation.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch (Gino) letters617blochg3251
> (replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")
>
>

BeyondTV is not a source for programs, but is merely a PC-based recording
and playback system directly competing with a system I have used here for
several years called "SageTV", another digital video record and playback
setup. All such systems require that you purchase / receive content from a
provider over cable, satellite, FIOS, or over the air OTA broadcasts. I am
entirely satisfied with SageTV, and I pay no monthly fees for using it. With
an OTA antenna, you could record and playback HDTV with no monthly expense.
Choosing the right antenna is heavily dependent upon how far you live from
HDTV transmitter sites, what obstacles lie between you and the transmitter
antenna(s), how good your receiver is, etc.

Smarty

> I'm not sure if this is the best forum to post this question, but here
> goes. I'm trying to get away from all the monthly cable and tivo
> charges, so I'm thinking of the following solution:
> 1) HDTV with OTA Antenna.
> 2) Beyond TV Software.
> I would like to be able to record shows in HD, and play them back on
> my new HDTV. I'm thinking of getting an aerial so I can watch OTA
> (Over the Air) HDTV broadcasts.

I use a free program called GBPVR (www.gbpvr.com) to record digital
broadcasts with my two Hauppauge HVR-1600 tuner cards (www.hauppage.com). I
get my TV listings from a service called Schedules Direct
(schedulesdirect.org), which currently costs about $20 a year.

I record shows to my hard drive, then stream them over my home network to a
TViX M-4000P network media player (www.tvix.co.kr/eng/), which allows me to
watch the recorded shows on my 42" plasma in the living room.

I use an outdoor antenna with the digital half of my tuner cards, and
connected the analog half to my cable feed. I can record four shows at once
when needed (though I rarely need to record more than two at a time). There
were a few issues to work out early on, but it has been working very well
for the last few years.

Anthony

On Jul 9, 10:30 am, HerHusband <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm not sure if this is the best forum to post this question, but here
> > goes.  I'm trying to get away from all the monthly cable and tivo
> > charges, so I'm thinking of the following solution:
> > 1)  HDTV with OTA Antenna.
> > 2)  Beyond TV Software.
> > I would like to be able to record shows in HD, and play them back on
> > my new HDTV.  I'm thinking of getting an aerial so I can watch OTA
> > (Over the Air) HDTV broadcasts.
>
> I use a free program called GBPVR (www.gbpvr.com) to record digital
> broadcasts with my two Hauppauge HVR-1600 tuner cards (www.hauppage.com). I
> get my TV listings from a service called Schedules Direct
> (schedulesdirect.org), which currently costs about $20 a year.
>
> I record shows to my hard drive, then stream them over my home network to a
> TViX M-4000P network media player (www.tvix.co.kr/eng/), which allows me to
> watch the recorded shows on my 42" plasma in the living room.
>
> I use an outdoor antenna with the digital half of my tuner cards, and
> connected the analog half to my cable feed. I can record four shows at once
> when needed (though I rarely need to record more than two at a time). There
> were a few issues to work out early on, but it has been working very well
> for the last few years.
>
> Anthony

Can you get these TV listings for free, so that Beyond TV (or Sage)
will be able to know when to record what? Beyond TV (or Sage) can
save these programs in HDTV format, correct? Thanks...