http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-articles_rss.php?ver=2&css=y Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:54:43 +0100 Tiki CMS/Groupware via FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/img/tiki.jpg http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-view_articles.php en-us http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=77 MythTV 0.22 will be sporting a new interface design. Features include animation, better interactivity, and faster and easier development for themers and developers...
]]> Mark Cooper Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:44:00 +0100 http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=76 Zap2It Labs have announced (cache) via their webpage that, due to abuse of the service, data will no longer be available after September 1st. There is no other direct source, and no option to pay for the service even if the users wanted to...
]]> Mark Cooper Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:52:00 +0100 http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=75 http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Free-TV-listings/ being run to make all UK television listings freely available under royalty-free terms such as a Creative Commons License....
]]> Mark Cooper Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:02:00 +0100 http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=74 DreamHosts.

I have had to drop the mirrors, atleast temporarily, as the new site is bandwidth limited.
]]> Mark Cooper Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:38:00 +0100 http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=73 Advogato has pointed out (cache) that Sky's advertising of their new Anytime package doesn't actually run on *any* PC. It requires Windows.

lkcl suggests the advertising is in breach of the ASA guidelines and goes on to point out the many devices runing GNU/Linux Sky is now utilising, including the set-top box, and the modified/pre-configured Netgear DG834GT for the broadband service.

Under the GPL license, Sky should provide the source code free of charge...
]]> Mark Cooper Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:36:00 +0100 http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=72 Open Addict has an interview (cache) with Jack Kelliher, Founder and CEO of pcHDTV, the Linux-focused hardware company that markets HDTV cards.

Their flagship product is the HD-5500 (cache) HDTV PCI card which supports the popular MythTV Linux PVR application...
]]> Mark Cooper Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:26:00 +0100 http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=71 CES show has seen the launch of a raft of new HDTV chips.

Conexant has added two video decoders for HDTV personal video recording (PVR) set-top boxes. The CX2427X is a dual-channel video decoder that can decode two HDTV programmes simultaneously, and supporting PVR applications on up to two televisions, eliminating the need for a dedicated STB receiver for each TV.

For the cable market, Broadcom has developed an HDTV Chip with a programmable security engine that has the hardware included to support all the current conditional access systems. This will avoid the need for subscriber cards, which are costly to distribute and vulnerable to hackers, and allow new CA algorithms to be downloaded to the cableboxes...
]]> Mark Cooper Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:59:00 +0100 http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=70
The rapid growth of Sky+ highlights increasing demand from customers for the ability to take control over their television viewing. With 2 million active boxes, almost 5 million viewers are using Sky+ to record without video tape, pause and rewind live TV, and record all episodes of a favourite series at the touch of a button...
]]> Mark Cooper Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:50:00 +0100 http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=69 KWorld has announced a new TV tuner in the form of the DVB-T PE310 (cache). The DVB-T PE310 is a dual hybrid TV tuner PCI-Express card initially designed for the UK market.
The DVB-T PE310 sports two tuners, both of which are capable of displaying analog and digital signals, which means that you can tune into two analog sources, or two digital sources or even one analog and one digital at the same time.
On top of that, you can use the additional AV/S-Video input for CVBS, S-video or SPDIF connections...
]]> Mark Cooper Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:28:00 +0100 http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=68 MythTV, has an article on ExtremeTech (cache) about his book Hacking MythTV (cache). In this article, he reviews the 'Top Plugins for MythTV' ...
]]> Mark Cooper Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:02:00 +0100