lifehacker.com — If you want to step into the DVR market, but don't want to be a slave to TiVo, then you can build your own. Lifehacker has a pretty good guide how to setup your PC as a DVR. The guide is nicely laid out, and contains screenshots.
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antdudeApr 11, 2006
I use this HDTV tuner card (<a class="user" href="http://www.bbti.us/products_air2pc_atsc_pci.htm)">http://www.bbti.us/products_air2pc_atsc_pci.htm)</a> and its DVB Viewer as my PVR for HDTV OTA (over the air). It supports MythTV and Windows.
xnineApr 12, 2006
Actually, there is a MythTV frontend for Macintosh OS X, just no backend or all-in-one solution. Here's the Wiki page on it: <a class="user" href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Myth_on_Mac_OS_X">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Myth_on_Mac_OS_X</a>Hopefully that lends you some help with an extra mac you might have laying around, it has lots of links and info on it. But it looks as though they will keep developing so possibly you'll see a fully featured version in the future.I'd suggest MythTV to anyone else as well. SageTV is 80 bucks, MythTV is free. And KnoppMyth makes it VERY easy. Most people won't even have to touch the Linux console....
slack31337Apr 12, 2006
Freevo anyone ???? <a class="user" href="http://freevo.sourceforge.net/">http://freevo.sourceforge.net/</a>
phoenixfuryApr 12, 2006
I'm apparently one of the few with a custom built MCE2005 boxes. Up until about a week ago, I was running on just a single Hauppage MCE PVR 150, but I just added an Avermedia 180 digital tuner card and man is HD sweet! As a result I can now do the duel tuner thing and record two shows as once. Man I love this!
xnineApr 12, 2006
No, not even close. And the EyeTV doesn't have FULL SCREEN control like MythTV or other PVR/DVR's. Don't even bring up EyeTV when talking about PVR's, cos they're pretty damn useless.