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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. Build a DVR? That is so lame! by fliptout · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I want to build my own motherboard!
    And I want it to support one P4 Extreme edition, one Athlon 64, and one Ultrasparc. And I need to use all these 72 pin simms I have laying around.. So, I will need about 81 SIMM slots. Yes, 81. Oh, xga graphics, too.

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