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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Ask a Mustachian => Topic started by: Breaker on August 17, 2014, 05:54:16 PM

Title: Quitting DISH: Best device to record programs
Post by: Breaker on August 17, 2014, 05:54:16 PM

I'm finally taking the plunge to completely quit paying for regular TV.  I have Prime and Acorn and think they will be enough.  BUT sometimes Acorn takes programs off the air.  I would like to be able to record some of them to watch at a later date. 

What are my best Mustashian options.

Jan

Title: Re: Quitting DISH: Best device to record programs
Post by: AH013 on August 18, 2014, 10:13:13 AM

Get

• Good antenna
• XBMC installed on your PC
• A good PC TV tuner card
• A robust hard drive (2-3 TB should be good)

Once done, you can install plug-ins for XMBC that provide you a TV guide.  Identify what you want to record from your OTA antenna feed on that guide, and when it airs it will be saved & compressed to your hard drive for later viewing pleasure.  XBMC also handles gathering meta-data for your TV series and displaying your media library back to you in a usable format for easy selecting.

The above solution is a legit, low-cost & legal one that I employ.  Beyond an OTA antenna, there are also less than ethical/legal ways of sourcing your media, and then storing it within XBMC, but there are other forums for that.