Building a tivo like multimedia pc

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:32 pm

Yeah I wanna build a pc for surfing the web and recording& pausing live hdtv shows. Is there a such a unit in the market place? or do i have to build it?.

I cant stand damn commercials any longer and also would like to surf between the periods in a hockey game etc..

TIA, Randy

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:31 pm

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

That's the OS you want to use, personally I would build my own, but you can find Media Center pcs for sale at a reasonable price.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:55 pm

To avoid the cost of XP media center you can try linux's myth TV, there are debian prebuilt myth packages now, dunno if you care to dabble in that.

Or get a HDTV tuner card(or tv in so you have the coax if its coming from a box) that comes with its own software.

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:58 pm

Myth rocks - that's what I use.

You can drop $1000-2 for a pre-built media center box. If you want HD be very careful when looking at their a/v options.

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:11 pm

Yup there is but quite expansive
http://www.nextcomwireless.com/r5000/products.htm

and 2nd one is here

http://www.169time.com/index.html#fustb

I'M doing deals with the first company they rocks.