right on bro!

Supercomputer (aka the MythTV box) has been running for two weeks now, and everything’s groovy. I hooked up dynamic DNS so that I can access the Web interface from wherever there’s Internet access, and I’ve been taping lots of stuff with no problems. Also, I haven’t had to reboot the machine at all, so I guess Linux is indeed as solid as they say. Supercomputer is feeling more like an appliance than a PC that needs to be constantly nurtured.

It’s time to move on to the next stage: trying to capture over-the-air (OTA) HDTV. I ordered a pcHDTV HD-3000 card - it should be here next week. The requirement for the antenna is that it has to be an indoor one, and it has to sit on top of my TV - I’m not going to bother installing an external antenna, and I’m not going to bother trying to run cable all over the place to get the antenna closer to the window. From what I read, the Zenith Silver Sensor is the one to get, since apparently all of the HDTV towers in Los Angeles are located in one place. Went to Fry’s today but the only ones they had were in beat up boxes. If I can’t find it anywhere else locally, I guess I’ll just bust one of those.