The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Best DVR software?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Dan333SP, Nov 20, 2009.

  1. Dan333SP

    Dan333SP Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    55
    Messages:
    210
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I'm moving into a new place and I won't have a TV, so I'm going to be using my laptop as my media center/DVR. I have a pinnacle USB tv tuner and an M1530 with Vista 32 bit, so I have the option of using Windows Media Center to download guide information and set recordings, which seems like it will work fine, but I was wondering if anyone else has any 3rd party software that they prefer over WMC? I know my brother has a desktop he built to run as a DVR and he uses Myth TV, but I don't know much about that. Any suggestions?
     
    Dan333SP, Nov 20, 2009
    #1
  2. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    5,868
    Messages:
    5,889
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    206
    The Vista Media Center is pretty awesome at handling this sort of thing. There is also Beyond TV or you could go the Linux route with Mythtv.
     
    atbnet, Nov 20, 2009
    #2
  3. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    2,972
    Messages:
    7,788
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    yep, Media Center here (right now trying out the win7 media center.. interesting style it has)
     
    davepermen, Nov 21, 2009
    #3