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On 16/01/07 11:34:22, Aaron Trevena wrote: > Hi all, > > Our cheap 30 quid freeview box has died and I'm looking at spending > maybe a couple of hundred quid building or buying a PVR - the problem > is that the affordable ones, tend to be short of features and space, > and even the expensive ones lack a lot of what knoppmyth could offer > on a relatively low end PC. > > So has anybody else built themselves one? Yes > > Also what kind of money do you think I'd need to spend to assemble a > cheap system - given you can buy a new desktop system for about 300 > quid, about the price of high-end PVR's you would still need to get > two decent linux-friendly Digital TV cards. > Good question... Don't know! Like many others I built it up out of bits and it has been upgraded of the time I have had it. We have two analogue pvr cards and 1 DVB-S card. We can record 3 chans and watch two (we also have a mediamvp). We don't tend to watch live TV as we have loads of ariel sockets (except if it is on satellite). Works well have not used a VCR for over a year now. With the addition of a squeeze box, all of the old equipment has goe to the loft. (cd/tape/tuner/2xVCR) We still have the DVD, but have not used that for about 9 months, since I got xine/ac3 working. We have a cellar under our lounge so that server room is in there and I routed all the wires through the floor, so we don't have a PC in the lounge. I use one of those IR keyboards, with a nipple mouse to control it if I need a keyboard. I think it is brill!!! -- 'ooroo stinga...(:)-) --------------------------------------------------- Email: stinga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx o You need only two tools. o ///// A hammer and duct tape. If it /@ `\ /) ~ doesn't move and it should, > (O) X< ~ Fish!! use the hammer. If it moves and `\___/' \) ~ shouldn't, use the tape. \\\ --------------------------------------------------- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html