[HDMan]

nickr - Thank you for your reply. I was able to get both running with Kodi, but before I took a "deep dive" into really learning the ins and outs of this, I wanted to pick which horse to bet on. I actually found tvheadend easier to get running than mythbackend, but now that they're both installed and running, I could go either way.

Since my focus is on trying to replicate as closely as possible the functionality of Windows Media Center, I think your observations match mine. The recording (timer/schedule) options in mythtv seem closer to WMC as far as daily, weekly, series. From what rpcameron stated above, it also looks like I can modify mythtv scheduling rules, although I haven't tried this yet.

The other deciding factor will be support of tuner cards. I have hdhomerun (the non-cablecard) version, and mythtv seems to have picked it up automatically. The schedules direct integration also went flawlessly, although I would also like to try to get it running (with guide) with no schedules direct account (lower priority).

My main worry is that mythtv development seems to have stalled at V27.5. There is V28 in git, but it has been a long time since a new release came out. Of course this may just support your point of "more mature", in that they don't need to keep fixing it.

Thanks,
HDMan