so I wanted a TiVo. I didn't like the boxes that were provided, so I pieced together my own box.

200+ hours of recording over regular cable.
DVD/RW
MP3 capability
Remote Control
2 TV tuners- I can record one thing and watch something else, or do Picture In Picture

It's awesome

It was about 150 bucks for the whole thing

Sounds fun. Did a HTPC and network back at my old place. It was rather cool.

MythTV I used for everything, had to compile everything from scratch.

I am goign to add another TV tuner, so i'll have 3 in all.

Got specs for the various bits?

Thx,

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p4 1.7Ghz cpu (lying around--has rambus ram )
ubuntu edgy <-- the OS
320GB Hard drive for movies only
120GB hdd for OS
2xPVR-150 Tv Tuners, which feature MPEG hardware encoding.
15 inch LCD monitor
DVD/RW drive (IDE)

future addition will include a PVR-350, which features a MPEG hardware decoder and TV out.
does that help

I'm trying to sell off some of my computers, I had eleven I think i'm down to six plus a box of parts laptops.

I think one of the best things I did home entertainment wise with computers was build a computer based video scaler. Such a difference in quality. I had dam near blue ray quality 3 years ago. Don't ask me what I used I can't remeber. AVSforums has alot of great info though.

See, I'm not really intrested in quality. Basic cable is still 'da bomb for me, and I dont watch any TV till 3am

cant figure out why my p4 falls on its face encoding DVDs to divx. even my 400 G4 powerbook could do it...took a metric shithour to complete, but it looked great.

Guess its time for the 3800+ Amd 64

Yes indeed. Thanks...

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by using the PVR series cards, you really dont need a monster of a computer, except for commerical sensing and transcoding.