2009-08-31, 08:39 PM
Hello all,
By way of introduction I'm somewhat of a GB-PVR, NMT newbie. However, I have 30+ years IT experience from mainframes through PCs.
Having waded through several forums looking for answers and not really finding a solution I am humbly posting this to seek your expert opinions.
With the demise of analog TV (no more VCR) I'm trying to get a relatively simple setup in place that will give me a 5 star WAF (read that as the wife can operate the system to do simple record and playback) out-of-the-gate.
Once I've gotten the 5 stars I can use that leverage to add other components to the system (like a new quad core server) for video editing, etc.
I want to minimize the number of boxes, cables, remotes, power cords, etc that now inhabit the video cabinet. To that end I don't want to have to add a PC to the stack that already includes a DVD player, Satellite box, VCR, Analog to Digital converter, power controller/surge protector,etc.
My question relates to the PCH C-200 and Hauppage's HD-PVR. I'm interested in the C-200 since it has support for gigabit enet, WIFI, and internal hard drive and the HD-PVR since it can capture HD content.
Is it (or will it be) possible to connect the HD-PVR to the C-200 (with an internal hard drive) and not require a separate PC to do manual recording and playback?
If I can get that setup to work for ~ $500 it would go a long way in getting the 5 star WAF rating.
Thanks for all your help.
Scifidude
By way of introduction I'm somewhat of a GB-PVR, NMT newbie. However, I have 30+ years IT experience from mainframes through PCs.
Having waded through several forums looking for answers and not really finding a solution I am humbly posting this to seek your expert opinions.
With the demise of analog TV (no more VCR) I'm trying to get a relatively simple setup in place that will give me a 5 star WAF (read that as the wife can operate the system to do simple record and playback) out-of-the-gate.
Once I've gotten the 5 stars I can use that leverage to add other components to the system (like a new quad core server) for video editing, etc.
I want to minimize the number of boxes, cables, remotes, power cords, etc that now inhabit the video cabinet. To that end I don't want to have to add a PC to the stack that already includes a DVD player, Satellite box, VCR, Analog to Digital converter, power controller/surge protector,etc.
My question relates to the PCH C-200 and Hauppage's HD-PVR. I'm interested in the C-200 since it has support for gigabit enet, WIFI, and internal hard drive and the HD-PVR since it can capture HD content.
Is it (or will it be) possible to connect the HD-PVR to the C-200 (with an internal hard drive) and not require a separate PC to do manual recording and playback?
If I can get that setup to work for ~ $500 it would go a long way in getting the 5 star WAF rating.
Thanks for all your help.
Scifidude