Free DVR software from Yahoo

[mzkhadir]

A Windows®-based PC with minimum system requirements

Windows XP® operating system (Yahoo! Go? for TV is not compatible with Macintosh® or Linux)
1 GHz CPU
512 MB RAM
40 MB free disk space for installation
20 GB additional disk space for TV recordings


Yahoo! Go

 

[mikeford]

Read before you install. This is apparently the first whack yahoo has taken with the swallowed up Meedio, and its VERY beta, plus from reading a bit it sounds like you have to watch commercials from Yahoo before each video of your own you want to watch.

Also tuner card support is very limited.

 

[probzy]

So it's not good?

 

[sixt7gt350]

ATI AIW X1800XL not supported.
-> Uninstall

 

[mharrison]

What do you want for nothing? Your money back???

Heh..heh....hopefully this will turn out to be a great product after a few updates and releases....

 

[TheCanuck]

Beware right now this program has some major bugs. Perhaps when they port over the full version of meedio and work out the bugs it'll be worthwhile (say in a year or so) but I wouldn't recommend it yet. I tried it out and it causes my system to spontaneously reboot after 10 seconds of browsing through the program (and I've never had that happen with any program / PVR out there)

 

[tRaptor]

http://www.gbpvr.com/


FTW!!!!!

 

[HardcoreRobot]

ya i use gbpvr and love it

 

[markrb38]

MediaPortal or Xlobby. I use MediaPortal.
Free Open Source.

 

[snowdogg187]

do any of these have tv guides and listings??

 

[Delbert]

What TV tuner cards does Yahoo! Go for TV support?

The following TV tuner cards have been tested and are supported with Yahoo! Go for TV:

- ATI TV Wonder Elite

- ATI HDTV Wonder

- AverMedia UltraTV 1500 MCE

- Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 (for laptops; connects via USB and includes remote)

- NVidia Dual TVmce

 

[MAC5000]

How do these compair to Windows MCE built in one?

 

[mikeford]

For a tv guide thats free try titantv.com

 

[russw]

Originally posted by: tRaptor
http://www.gbpvr.com/
FTW!!!!!

Thanks! Nice interface, but still limited sppt, just to hauppage & ati

 

[RideFree]

Yahoo! Go for TV Beta!
I think this has all the potential to put TIVO out of business.
http://go.connect.yahoo.com/go/tv/index

This is an underrated thread and ought to be on everybody's quick-pick list!
Thanks for a great find mzk.

 

[mikeford]

Tivo has the wierd business model, give the nice hardware away free, and get people to pay $10 a month for TV Guide on the screen. TV guide info once was kind of hard to get, now its free half a dozen different ways, which makes Tivo look stupid.

OTOH nothing works as well as the boxes from Cable or Satellite providers, YET.

DVR is a wonderfull thing, and I expect consumers to love it once they try it, but DVR and Slingbox are going to cause some BIG changes.

Nothing running on a PC is really all that smooth, but I expect that to change too. Many shoes have yet to drop.

 

[lagvoid]

Originally posted by: tRaptor
http://www.gbpvr.com/


FTW!!!!!

yep

 

[forkd]

mythtv, I've been using it for about 2 years and love it...of course it was a pain in the arse to get it working right in the beginning. but once it was there it has been awesome.