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Build Your Own DVR

Posted by timothy on from the no-build-mine dept.

prostoalex writes "If you have an old computer that had been laying around for a while and are ready to spend a bit on hardware to make into a Digital Video Recorder, this article from Make magazine contains a step-by-step guide on building one. The author spent $150 on TV card and $70 on BeyondTV PVR software." (And with a Linux-friendly capture card, MythTV would save the builder $70.)

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  1. Re:More than $70... by nxtr · · Score: 3, Funny

    But in reality, who worries about their Windows XP license fee?

  2. Braindead way to do it. by loraksus · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://www.mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html
    Assuming you have the right hardware, etc.
    If not, prepare to spend a couple hours finding drivers / recompiling / all that fun stuff.

    Maybe it is just me, but I don't feel like installing 3 distros and spending hours trying to get some hardware to work, sometimes "just fucking works" is nice.

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  3. Re:More than $70... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    People who don't want to go to prison?

  4. Re:How to get a FREE DVR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    peeking at your neighbor through your blinds isn't the same as dating

  5. Re:No good for UK digital satellite by dawnread · · Score: 1, Funny
    "free german TV isn't really worth it"

    I heartily disagree, I look back wistfully to my years with RTL on a Saturday night... ;)

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