[ale] [OT] Cable TV Gripes

[Robert L. Harris]

Mythtv is supposed to be pretty decent.  The only thing is that once you
pay for hardware good enough to do what you want you've basically paid
for the TiVo but you don't get the support and you still have to get it
running.


Thus spake da Black Baron (dbaron13 at atl.bellsouth.net):

> On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 20:45, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > I'm holding out till there is a PVR with a DVD-RW.  I'm sure
> > they exist but not in my price range
> 
> Ehhh... you *do* know that TIVO is basically a linux box with some
> proprietary software tossed on top?  I think there's an open-source
> analog for said proprietary stuff, too.  
> 
> Get a capture card, and a DVD burner, and you're nearly there.  :-)
> 
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