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I have a AMD XP1700, PVR250, and an Nvidia card with the NvDVD decoder.
It's pretty close to my Tivo. I haven't quite found the magic mpeg parameters that make it look quite as good as Tivo's "best". Maybe they don't exist. But it's pretty close.
In some ways it's better than Tivo---I can move recordings around (I store some on spare space on other PCs), recompress them to save space. The network scheduling is included. I fundamentally like having the option of a standard grid programming interface. I think the conflict resolution is better, although I'm still searching for the holy grail system that will inform me of a conflict that arises months after I create the season pass.
In some ways the Tivo interface is nicer. It's a lot simpler to use, and the options aren't hidden under obscure settings. The downside of the snapstream program interface+web interface+snapstream.net is that you can do different things in different interfaces. The web interface is the most powerful---you have to remember to go to it when you can't do what you want in the program.
I haven't had snapstream for that long, but I'm impressed. I'm still using it as a backup/conflict resolver for my Tivo, though. I'm really hoping they start supporting HDTV tuner cards soon...
Bruce
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