That's it - enough is enough.
I've cancelled it - all of it - Sky HD is no longer welcome in my home - neither is Sky! I don't need it for HD because it frankly sucks, I love(d) Sky+ but thats just a Digital PVR.
I am going to be building a Media Centre box which can do all of this for me - infact it will do all my recording for the entire house.
This will route through to either Media Centre Extenders - or Media Centres in:
- Master Bedroom
- Casual Lounge
- Main Lounge
- My Office (easy!)
Possible:
- Kitchen
- Guest Bedroom
and have the ability to extend further.
I want to see what I can get from Freeview - I only watch Sport on Sky so worse case I need to find a solution to that - but with RugbyMOTD coming out online this could be a solution there.
So - got to start thinking - trying to work out if to build a 'Media Server' and put this in the cellar and have this going to my Thecus which is then shared to multiple systems - or what.
I want to be able to record *2* things and watch one at a minimum same time. I want to be able to series link this....
If I can extend it to as many rooms as I want that would rock.
Also having all my movies ripped to it and using MyMovies plugin would kick ass too
Suggestions? What route would you take? Hardware wise - I suspect I can build systems like they are going out of fashion - every room has CAT5e going to it so thats again not an issue.
TV Tuners? Which ones?
Or is it easier to go for something like -
BigPockets.co.uk: Mp3 AIGO Media Centre VX800 500 GB £164.99 - Blank Media - Gadgets - Ink Cartridges - Free Delivery
Or a few of these:
BigPockets.co.uk: DigiHome PVR160 FreeView Recorder £59.99 - Blank Media - Gadgets - Ink Cartridges - Free Delivery
Issue is - I want all the content available to pull to all systems.
I could get directhex to build me a Linux beast to do it... that's an idea.. (!)