[Ilusion]

For those of you that don't follow slashdot (/.) religiously (you don't?!?!) they posted a story today about a fella that decided to roll his own PVR . Though quite primitive, It looks interesting. Might this be a viable alternative for those times when a scheduling conflict and the lack of a 2nd tuner in the Replay make you agonise over what you will record and what you will have to try and race home to watch?


So, is there a place for this in the Replay world? Some way to use this to enhance/leverage your Replay TV/Home entertainment setup? Comments?


Vern


PS: Slashdot is known for it's "slashdot effect" that can inadvertently take sites down from excessive visits. If this happens, the site may not be available. If anyone needs it, I have a copy of the text portion of the site and can post it if desired.

 

[Scyber]

Bah.. that project wasn't that great. Look to:

http://freevo.sf.net

or
http://mythtv.sf.net


For much more mature solutions. Or course they are just software, you still need to roll your own hardware. Personnally I think one of these shuttle boxes would make a cool home brew PVR:
http://us.shuttle.com/specs2.asp?pro_id=155

 

[franc11s]

It's coming though. The current PV's prove what can be done with "cheap" (no disrepect intended) bits of hardware. It won't be long before PC's can really do this, better.......

 

[Lee Thompson]

slashdot is the most overrated "news" site in the history of the 'net.

 

[Ilusion]

Quote:

Originally posted by Lee Thompson slashdot is the most overrated "news" site in the history of the 'net.

They're a news site!? I thought they were an entertainment site!