HOWTO: BYOPVR with Dish Network 301, PVR-150, & GBPVR
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In the “channel changer” section there are two options one is the “Hauppage IR Remote Plugin” and the other is “.exe changer Plugin”. With the new upgrade available pick the latter.
In the directories tab (not pictured) I defined the destination drive and folder where my TV recordings will go as well as the folder where my ripped dvds and pictures reside.
I left the options in the “Playback” and “DVD & Remote” tabs at their defaults. Remember to click “Fix Remote 45 button” on the DVD & Remote tab in oder to make sure that the PVR-150 45 button remote will be mapped correctly with GBPVR. Other than that the rest of the settings I left at defaults.
After I was done with configuration, I fired up GBPVR and clicked the “LiveTv” menu item. Voila! Live TV was working. I could pause, rewind and do any of the things that a PVR should do. At this point I am very happy.
But now it was the time to press on and get to the heart of the matter. I was ready to schedule recordings, which in my humble opinion, is the heart and soul of any PVR. I went to the “TV Guide” menu item and all my channels were listed there. I highlighted a program in the listing grid, "clicked" to call up the recording options, and set it to record once. I then went back to the main menu, turned off my TV set and waited... and waited ..and waited. After an eternity of thumb twiddling I was certain the selected program would have been over, I turned on my tv, select the “Recordings” menu item and low and behond, there it was. My very first scheduled tv program recorded and ready to be played.
I picked medium quality for my recording which takes up nearly a gig per ½ hour but still maintains pretty good picture quality. This is mostly a matter of personal preference as far as whether you want to fit more shows on your hard disk at the cost of lesser quality (more noticeable pixelation) or have few hours of shows on your hard disk and higher quality reocrdings. I haven’t even tried a higher encoding quality option as i'm perfectly content with the medium quality setting picture quality.
The recording was smooth, and free from any artifacts or discoloration. The color to me seemed a bit warm but it could just be my transmission. I have no complains about it. A lot of people will waste tons of hours just to get dvd quality recording by playing around with different kinds of encoders and decoders but I am more interested in the content. Like I said I am no frill person but that's just me :)
