[vox] Tivo question

[Mark K. Kim]

On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, John Mark Walker wrote:

> Why bother? You can get a slim PC with cheap, commodity components, a TV
> tuner, a graphics card with video out, install Freevo or MythTV with MPlayer,
> Xine or your favorate DVD-capable video software, use XMLTV, and voila,
> you've got your total Linux multimedia hub where you can rip DVD's to your
> personal libraries, record TV shows, burn whatever you want to Video CD, DVD,
> or whatever format you choose, and without any stupid DRM or pay-for-play
> service restrictions.

Actually, that's true.  But you'll have to spend some time getting the
compatible parts and configuring it, and purchasing the right IR adapters
and configuring that, too.  It'll be worth it in the long run.

-Mark


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