[OT] TIVO

[josephc at etards.net]

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Mark J. Dulcey wrote:

> The MicroCenter flyer that I got yesterday has a box (Gbox P4 Mini 
> Barebones, on the front page) that looks neat for that sort of 
> application - though again, no multiple tuner cards, since it has only 
> one PCI and one AGP slot. (It's similar to the Shuttle box that you 
> used.) Still, you could get two tuners by installing an All-In-Wonder in 
> the AGP and a tuner card in the PCI slot - or to really go for the gold, 
> install an HDTV tuner! Or for a low budget system, add a cheap tuner 
> like the Hauppauge and use the integrated video, which has S-Video out - 
> you could bring the thing with a total hardware budget of under $500 
> with careful shopping.

I would suggest to anyone who takes up one of these projects that they 
stay away from all-in-wonder cards like the plague.