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Building the Godzilla of PVRs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

EvolvedHumanoid writes "In a blog post, Percy Bell of SnapStream Media details how he built 'Godzilla', an 11-tuner PVR machine with HDTV support using off-the-shelf components. At $4284.90, the end result sports 1TB storage for recorded content and has to be one of the coolest PVRs ever built."

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  1. Re:Mine is bigger by OverlordQ · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yea, but isn't Myth a PITA to get setup correctly? Much less getting linux drivers to work with some hardware.

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  2. Meh... by benjamindees · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Look at me, I can spend money...

    More interestingly, does anybody have any suggestions for cheap hardware to get started playing around with GnuRadio and what I can use it for? FM or shortwave radio would be nice...

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  3. mi8us 2, Troll) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    BSDI is also dead, in eternity...Romeo