New Linux PVR Box
An anonymous reader points to this product from Interact-TV, known as Telly, writing "Cool little box. PVR, stores photos, burns VCDs or DVDs (if you get a DVD burner), serves up stored content on your home network, nice gui, works with some satellite and digital cable boxes, 2.4.18 kernel. Freevo or mythTV can do about the same thing but this one is ready out of the box."
For less money you can get a ReplayTV. It has some truly wonderful programming features, and you can tie it into your home network with DVArchive and Personal ReplayGuide (both open source). I can stream ReplayTV programs to my PC and back again. It's the best entertainment purchase I've ever made. Check it out at http://www.replay.com (but buy from Amazon - it's $50 cheaper!).