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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. enough fucking PVR guides by fallendove · · Score: 0, Troll

    The geek community knows they exist thankyouverymuch

  2. ho hum...another boring day at Slashdot, huh? by FredThompson · · Score: 0, Troll

    First it was repetitive "imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!" posts.

    Then the BYO DVR posts.

    For a while, it appeared reposts of hackaday would take the top repetitive post topic.

    Well, it sure looks like the BYO DVR/MythTV/My-time-is-worthless posts are back in the top slot.

    Next up, make your own printer paper. It's "free" because your time is worthless.

    Bah! Why does this junk keep getting posted? Make a BYO-DVR-MythTV-my-time-is-worthless section to Slashdot and keep these out of the main page.

  3. Re:PC-based DVRs have massive drawbacks... by NineNine · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe, just maybe, instead of wasting so much time building PVR's, you should take some time to think about your TV fetish and realize that you're wasting your time watching and recording absolute crap. I would contend that there is virtually nothing on TV worth watching, hence, my lack of a TV.

  4. Re:MythTV would save the builder $70 by TheMeddler · · Score: 0, Troll

    *useful*?

    I had DVR for about a year. I didn't use it much. Now I don't even have cable (TV). I learn and accomplish much more than I did with cable/DVR. *That* is useful.

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  5. Re:PC-based DVRs have massive drawbacks... by jack_call · · Score: 0, Troll
    YES! I'm off the bloody topic
    and 4 seagate ata133 7200rpm 300gb drives in a stripe set for the data volume. It's also my backup server.
    WHAT? You're backing up to a STRIPE SET? ... oh well good luck with that ;-)

    sounds like you've got a pretty good job, being able to do all that, especially when it comes to the power bill. That setup is just not affordable by your normal outsourced geek.

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