Build Your Own DVR

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.)

Re:More than $70...

[nxtr]

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

Braindead way to do it.

[loraksus]

http://www.mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html [mysettopbox.tv]
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.

Re:More than $70...

[Anonymous Coward]

People who don't want to go to prison?

Re:How to get a FREE DVR

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:No good for UK digital satellite

[dawnread]

"free german TV isn't really worth it"

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