I turned on my HTPC, went into the TV section, turned on the TV and tuned into a blank channel. I then setup a timer to record The Matrix Reloaded on the ITV HD channel, and left it. Before I went to bed, I setup WinOFF to turn off the HTPC 5 mins after the timer ends.
The next morning, I checked the HTPC to see that it was off, and booted it up to check to see if the timer had recorded. All was successful - it was off and the timer had recorded ITV HD!
Here's some screen grabs upscaled of The Matrix Reloaded! (It took me a while to fine where the 14Gb ts file was, as MP had not put the recording to where my settings was pointing to...)
And for those who want to compare the PQ look at this screengrab from Blu-Ray.com and my screen grab:
Spot the difference! :) (open both in new windows...)
Wow - this is a great blog. I have been following it for a while now as thinking about doing the same thing. What I want to do is have a freesat/freeview/blueray box all in one. Your blog has given me lots to go on.
ReplyDeleteCan I ask you some questions please?
I am thinking of getting a humax hdr but am also looking into the HTPC route. How easy is it to get the system to play blueray disks and scheduling tv programs, is it very reliable. The only thing that puts me off the htpc route is that is does not support mheg as my wife uses digital teletext all the time. Have you used Media centre 7 at all?
Thanks
Yes to questions :)
ReplyDeleteTo play Blu-ray, it is fiddly... to schedule TV recording, it is fiddly... I have a Blu-ray player and I have an HDR :) to do those two things. I use the HTPC for playback of DivX movies, etc. and write this blog!
I am currently trying out 7MC.