PVR

25 posts filed under PVR.

December 11, 2003

Building a Low-Budget TiVo Substitute
Gen over at PVRBlog pointed me to an excellent Slashdot thread that’s talking about building a homebrew digital video recorder on a budget, which is very timely for me.
December 4, 2003

Comcast’s HDTV and DVR Box
“Comcast was testing the PVR waters, but it looks like the rollout will soon be going full-force.”
November 30, 2003

Linux Home Theater PC HOWTO
Brandon has assembled a comprehensive Linux Home Theater PC HOWTO, which is definitely worth a read if you’re planning on building your own Homebrew TiVo-like device.
November 24, 2003

Home-Brew PVRs on Linux
Joe Stump over on the O’Reilly DevCenter puts together a well-rounded overview of The State of Home-Brew Personal Video Recorders on Linux (Think: Open Source TiVo). The article …
September 2, 2003

SnapStream Personal Video Station 3.0 review
“Would I trade a TiVo for a small PC running Snapstream? After playing with it for a few weeks, I’d have to say it is certainly possible. A home theater PC can do more than a TiVo …
June 25, 2003

Download, Burn, Boot, Play
Dyne:bolic is another bootable Linux distro that’s focused on “Media” application. However what makes this one special, in addition to the multimedia applications, is that it will …
June 2, 2003

TiVo Plans to Sell Information on Customers’ Viewing Habits
Catherine sent me a link to this report about TiVo in the NY Times, which I’m sure is making waves with privacy advocates…
April 18, 2003

To TiVo and beyond
“I also expect that we’ll be using the TV for video e-mail and home-to-home video conferencing. That’s a killer application waiting to happen. Something that would drive a market …
January 19, 2003

Converting an XBox into a PVR and more
“Project Dreamix will turn the Microsoft Xbox into the ultimate home entertainment center” (via SlashDot)
January 10, 2003

TiVo wants to join the home network
“[TiVo] was surprised by the popularity of 802.11b wireless-based home networks and decided that the best way for TiVo subscribers to access and share digital content was to simply …