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Fixing My Parents Network Part 1

Marc Lewis
Date : June 17, 2014
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Tags : asus ,comcast ,mythtv ,netgear ,powerline ,routers ,wifi ,zyxel

A couple months ago, my parents finally replaced their old Sony console TV (a tube TV) with a bright shiny new Samsung 60" Smart TV. Its a thing of beauty. The picture is crisp and sharp and has excellent color. Being one of Samsung’s Smart TV’s, it also has networking capabilities and can stream things from the Internet. It also has Netflix and Amazon Instant Video buttons right on the remote. It also includes an IR blaster to control the Comcast supplied DVR/cable box. Now they have just one remote, don’t have to change inputs or fiddle with things to stream movies and it has greatly simplified their setup. This is good because if its not easy to do and easy to remember, they won’t do it.

New Myth Frontend - Almost Perfect

Date : October 30, 2013
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Tags : mythbuntu ,mythtv ,projects

A few months ago we moved into a new place with a much smaller living room, it didn’t have nearly enough room for a full size computer case in the room. So it was time for a new, much smaller frontend for our MythTV setup.

Size, noise, and being able to “hide” it are the primary …

Moving to MythTV Part 2 - The Frontend

Date : April 24, 2010
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Tags : mythbuntu ,mythtv

So, in the last 3 weeks I’ve done a lot with MythTV. Most notably, I’ve finished the frontend system that is connected to our TV. There was a lot of trial and error, frustration and an entire system replacement, but its now up and near perfect.

So, a week and a half ago Comcast got …

Moving to MythTV Part 1

Date : April 4, 2010
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Tags : mythbuntu ,mythtv

Going to preface this by stating this will be a multi-part blog post, and I have no idea how many parts there will be when I’m all finished. Oh, and like most other things I write, it will probably be really verbose. Sorry ‘bout that, its just the way I tend to write.