__/ [ Mathew P. ] on Sunday 10 September 2006 20:32 \__
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> On 2006-09-10, Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> __/ [ Meat Plow ] on Sunday 10 September 2006 19:09 \__
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>>> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 11:03:11 -0700, ?CoffeehouseSchmuck? Has Frothed:
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>>>> I own a TIVO
>>>>
>>>> i am constantly recording programs and then Erasing
>>>> them.............tivo was made for that
>>>>
>>>> I have Many Distros of Linux
>>>>
>>>> does it harm my hard drive on my computer if i am changing Distros
>>>> within a short period of time
>>>> Are PC Hard drives as strong as a Tivo HD?
>>>>
>>>> One PC has gone from
>>>> Win98-->Xp-->Xp/Suse10.0 dual boot-->Fedora Core 5-->Ubuntu--> Suse 10.0
>>>> without Xp
>>>
>>> Won't hurt it a bit.
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>> Your hard-drive knows nothing about operating systems. It has interfaces
>> for read and write operations, as well as additional functions for, e.g.
>> rotation speed. As your hard-drive is working much of the time anyway, it
>> will not be aware, at least at a physical level, of what gets installed.
>> Integrity of the actual data (e.g. MBR) is another matter altogether and
>> it depends on the quality of your software (e.g. Windows Vista eliminates
>> MBR's and rewrites them). Just make sure you stick to good brands such as
>> Seagate if you want to prevent wear (bad sectors).
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> Trivial, really, but sort of interesting IMO:
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> IIRC, Tivo runs via embedded Linux.
TiVo, MythTV, Playstation, Nintendo... home entertainment is guided by Linux.
How about these?
SageTV shows love for Linux
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| Fortunately, one of the big names in DVR software, SageTV, has
| been supporting Linux for some time now (there are also other
| Linux-friendly DVR apps, such as MythTV). Sage is now offering a Linux
| edition of SageTV 5, including the add-on Placeshifter app, which we
| looked at when it was released for PCs back in April.
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http://reviews.cnet.com/4531-10921_7-6625067.html
Electronics firms plan Internet televisions
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| The new televisions will use Linux operating systems instead of
| Microsoft Windows, it added. That feature is aimed at cutting the time
| needed to boot up and reducing the risk of virus infection.
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http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Parody_of_Al_Gore_Film_tied_0803.html
Microsoft has Media Center, which crashes even in 'prime time'.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j7EEbokKLHI
Windows Media center crashining at CES 2005
Apart from Media Center, I can't think of any other 'competitors'. There are
various other MythTV clones that I have seen and all are based on GNU/Linux.
Apple hasn't made a move into this market, yet. There's too high a barrier
and strong competition from a vendor that offers everything *gasp* for free.
Best wishes,
Roy
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