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Most-popular - leading 50
PCAlchemy 
Category : Start / Hardware / Vendors
Best of breed products at the best possible price. (byopvr site sponsor)
Added on: 17-Jun-2004 | hits: 40219
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Hauppauge PVR Video Card makers
Category : Start / Hardware / Vendors
The makers of the venerable and byopvr favorite wintv PVR250 and wintv pv350 tuner/MPEG 2 capture video cards.
Added on: 13-Jan-2004 | hits: 32862
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MythTV
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
MythTV is a homebrew PVR project that. It\'s been under heavy development for over a year, and is now quite useable and featureful.
Added on: 18-Dec-2003 | hits: 28893 | Rating: 6.0 (5 Votes)
 
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PVR Hardware Database
Category : Start / PVR Project Examples
PVR Hardware Database is a great tool that shows in tabular form what people have used to create their own PVR's. Want to find out if anyone has used their aquarium as a PVR case? Or if anyone has tried a PVR350 with a pentium III 500 and got it to work? Browse the examples and submit your own (after you submit them to us of course!)
Added on: 08-Jan-2004 | hits: 28239 | Rating: 8.0 (1 Vote)
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GB-PVR
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
I just wanted to let you know about my PVR software. See http://www.gbpvr.com. Its
pretty good if I dont say so myself. It primarily designed for use with the
Hauppauge PVR250/350 cards with support for the PVR USB2, ProVideo and Adaptec
VideOh! coming soon. To of the most interesting features include full On Screen
Display (OSD) on the TV out of the PVR350, and MVP client. We were the first PVR
application to introduce these features, although SageTV now also supports the OSD
on the PVR350.
Added on: 05-Feb-2004 | hits: 27482 | Rating: 9.0 (15 Votes)
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OpenHTPC
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
OpenHTPC is an open source home theater PC (HTPC) front end project. The system is written in C#. Currently it\'s running on the Windows platform. However, the system is design to be platform independent so that in the future it could be deployed on other platforms like Linux.
Use Case Analysis
The system is a Home Theater PC (HTPC) front-end software. The software provides the as easy-to-use interface as the user interface of any home electronics. With the control simplest input device, the software should be able to play movie clips (DivX, Real media, Quick time etc), DVD movie, TV and musics (mp3, rm, AAC etc) and pictures.
The media files can be located on local machine, or on others PC through home network, or even on removable storages like CD/DVD, compact flash or secure digital cards.
Added on: 26-Apr-2004 | hits: 11627 | Rating: 8.3 (3 Votes)
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Mini-itx.com
Category : Start / Hardware / Vendors
The mini-itx resource. Tons of great examples and information on VIA EPIA mini-itx motherboard/chipset.
Added on: 13-Jan-2004 | hits: 9714 | Rating: 10.0 (2 Votes)
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BlueDo JP1 capable remotes w/ JP1 cable
Category : Start / Hardware / Vendors
Bluedo sells jp1 capable remotes with the JP1 cables bundled together
Added on: 10-Mar-2004 | hits: 9587
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Building a Windows based PVR
Category : Start / PVR Project Examples
What I did to build a Windows PVR for under $600
Added on: 24-Jun-2004 | hits: 8826 | Rating: 9.5 (2 Votes)
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Ask Slashdot article: Building A Low-Budget TiVo Substitute?
Category : Start / Articles and How To's
thepuma writes "Since I'm cheap, and don't want to pay monthly fees to Tivo, I am researching building my own low-budget Personal Video Recorder and player. Free software options include Freevo and MythTV. Hardware options are the main cost factor. How would you go about building the perfect low-budget PVR?" We've looked at similar questions before, but the guts of such a system (both hardware and software) have been improving -- MythTV, for instance, now supports Hauppauge's PVR-350 card. How would you build a system like this now?"
Added on: 09-Jan-2004 | hits: 7595 | Rating: 6.0 (1 Vote)
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GAM Got All Media PVR HTPC Software
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
Free HTPC/PVR software:
GAM Got All Media PVR HTPC Software
Added on: 31-Aug-2004 | hits: 7247 | Rating: 9.0 (3 Votes)
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SageTV
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
It\'s time to experience the ultimate in PVR and Media Center technology. SageTV puts you in control of the first networked PVR/Media Center experience for the PC with no subscription fees. With SageTV and the power of your PC you\'ll...
Added on: 18-Dec-2003 | hits: 6241 | Rating: 7.3 (6 Votes)
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Freevo
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
Freevo is an open-source digital video jukebox (PVR, DVR) based on Linux in addition to a number of open-source audio/video tools. MPlayer is used to play audio and video files. MPlayer is an excellent media player that can play most popular file formats. Freevo can be used both for a standalone PVR computer with a TV+remote, as well as on a regular desktop computer using the monitor and keyboard.
Freevo is easy to download and install for new users. Most hardware is supported (graphic boards, sound cards and video capture devices).
The Freevo core is under heavy development. It is mostly written in the Python programming language which is very well suited for high-level control applications like Freevo.
Added on: 18-Dec-2003 | hits: 5919 | Rating: 7.0 (3 Votes)
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Building a Home Theater PC
Category : Start / Articles and How To's
Building a Home Theater PC - from VoidedWarranty.com
This Article will not show you how to build the actual HTPC box, but will explain how to get the software loaded onto your HTPC. After you have looked over this Article and have decided to build your own system you may want to come back here and look over the below references.
Added on: 07-Apr-2004 | hits: 5632
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planetjay's PVR in a satellite receiver
Category : Start / PVR Project Examples
planetjay's PVR in a satellite receiver case.
Added on: 18-Dec-2003 | hits: 4909
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Linux IVTV/ drivers for PVR350 support for X
Category : Start / Software / Drivers
Linux IVTV/ drivers (beta patch) for PVR350 support for Xfree86 windows display through pvr350\'s TV out...
Added on: 07-Mar-2004 | hits: 4794
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MythTV RedHat Fedora Core 2 HowTo
Category : Start / Articles and How To's
MythTV RedHat Fedora Core 2 HowTo
Added on: 29-May-2004 | hits: 4500
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Media Portal
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
This program opens the portal to a all your media.Listen,record and organise music, movies pictures and even Pause TV!.Use internet sources to enrich your media with albumart or songnames. Enjoy media as never been seen or heard before
Added on: 12-Jun-2004 | hits: 4471 | Rating: 8.3 (6 Votes)
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CT PVR
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
::: Watch TV on your own schedule :::
CTpvr records your favorite TV shows on to your PC so you can watch them around your schedule. You can also pause live TV never missing a second of any show you watch. Turned away for one moment or had to answer the phone only to miss what happened. just rewind in an instance and play it back again. Never wait on commercials again by simply skipping forward allowing you to watch your recorded shows in record time.
Added on: 18-Nov-2004 | hits: 4160 | Rating: 9.0 (1 Vote)
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Building a Killer HTPC One Step at a Time
Category : Start / Articles and How To's
Building a Killer HTPC One Step at a Time
Building a quality HTPC is not a simple matter of sticking together all the coolest looking gadgets and toys and hoping that they work harmoniously as a team. Getting all the pieces to work together, and to do what you want, requires some planning. The object of this first article in our series on building TheNoiseReport.com's Killer HTPC investigates the issues that you should consider before you hit the stores, or reach for your screwdriver.
Added on: 13-Jul-2004 | hits: 3940
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ExtemeTech Build It: Extreme Personal Video Recorder
Category : Start / Articles and How To's
The Living Room PC. That promised land of computing, where our entertainment centers get intelligent, and PCs get super-easy to use. Yeah, right. Although we're not quite there yet, we are getting ever closer to that day when every family member, not just the house's sysadmin (you, probably) can fire up the PC media appliance, access stored music, video, and photos, and record television off the air, cable or from webcasts. Soon we'll be able to see this device as just another component in the rack.
The good news is that you can build that appliance today...
Added on: 09-Jan-2004 | hits: 3915
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Xbox Media Center (XBMC)
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
XboxMediaCenter (XBMC)is a free open source multimedia player for the Xbox
from Microsoft. XBMC turn a modded Xbox into a fully functioning multimedia
jukebox and media center that plays all popular media (video, audio and
image) formats. XBMC is easy to use, it's convenient, flexible and offers
great price/performance ratio as it practicaly makes a cheap Xbox
game-console into a HTPC
Added on: 27-Oct-2004 | hits: 3723 | Rating: 7.0 (3 Votes)
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Odonadon's HTPC Project
Category : Start / PVR Project Examples
Chronicles the development, trials and tribulations of my HTPC Project. After much success with my Arcade MAME cabinet project, it's time to spice up the home theatre. Found on this page are many links, articles, and reviews I've found very helpful on my journey to built the ultimate Home Theatre.
Added on: 01-May-2004 | hits: 3594
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Homebrew PVR : Communications From Elsewhere
Category : Start / PVR Project Examples
Homebrew PVR : Communications From Elsewhere
I\\\'ve been wanting to replace my aging Tivo for a while now. It\\\'s developed an encoder bug which runs a faint blue line from top to bottom around 1/3 of the way in from the left. It\\\'s annoying. (And since the first thing I did when I bought my Tivo was open it up and add another hard drive, it\\\'s well out of warranty.)
A new 80-hour Tivo with a lifetime service subscription costs $650. If I want to add the Home Media Option which allows me to play mp3s, look at photos, and schedule recordings over the internet, that\\\'s another $100. I love Tivo; my experience with the series-1 model has been great. It really did change the way I watch TV, and I don\\\'t want to go back to watching TV without something Tivo-like. But I bet I can build a comparable machine for less than $750. (Which is, coincidentally, the amount I just unexpectedly sold a domain name for. It\\\'s kismet, I tell you.) And since it\\\'ll be open-source software driving it, I can make changes if I don\\\'t like the way it works.
Added on: 17-Jan-2004 | hits: 3533
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Owens Photolog Building a PVR
Category : Start / PVR Project Examples
Also see his progress via his updates scroll around his technical category archive to get a sense of the refinements he\'s made and issues he\'s had.
He\'s got an extensive price list of the materials he used. also of note he used something other than mini-itx and hauppauge pvr x50 cards... so that\'s of interest, eh?
Added on: 13-Jan-2004 | hits: 3448
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Building a Linux PVR Part I - Setup and Install
Category : Start / Articles and How To's
anandtech article describing building a linux based MythTV box and comparing it to a windows media center edition system built on the same exact hardware.
Added on: 03-Sep-2004 | hits: 3268
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BeyondTV UI on MediaMVP
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
A SnapStream Beyond TV 3 like interface for the Hauppauge MediaMVP device. This project allows the MediaMVP to access the recordings of Beyond TV and will make the MVP interface look similar to the interface of Beyond TV. This includes LiveTV with pause
Added on: 31-Aug-2004 | hits: 3226
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GATOS (ATI 3rd party OSS drivers)
Category : Start / Software / Drivers
GATOS project provides enhanced drivers for many videocards made by ATI (in particular All-in-Wonder series) and a TV player/recorder application AVview. While ultimately we would like AVview to be compatible with all video capture hardware supported by Linux at the moment it supports GATOS drivers far better than anything else
Added on: 10-Mar-2004 | hits: 3202
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myHTPC
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
myHTPC is a highly customizable,menu driven front end that allows you, among other things, to launch external programs, browse pictures and large collections of almost any type of media stored on your computer.
myHTPC is extremely flexible and allows you to easily build nested menu structures that can accomplish many tasks. Its large, clear display makes it perfect for large monitors or TV sets.
Although myHTPC is targeted at Home Theater Personal Computer users, it can serve many purposes. For example, it can be used to build a simple menu for children to access their programs. It can also work very well with kiosk and touch-screen applications.
Best of all, myHTPC is free*
*myHTPC is not open source and is only free for personal, non-commercial use.
Added on: 18-Dec-2003 | hits: 3182 | Rating: 4.7 (3 Votes)
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Building a Linux-based time-shifting box
Category : Start / PVR Project Examples
This is one of the original ground breaking attempts at diy pvr... well it's the first one I saw via a link on slashdot. It's a good primer for those of you willing to try linux and have lower horsepower machines to work with.
Building a Linux-based time-shifting box
NOTE:
This document is still a work in progress, as is my TV time-shifting box. They both "work," but there is still room for improvement. The time-shifting box works fine, but it still could use a spiffy user interface. Likewise, this document contains a lot of information, but I expect that it will grow significantly over time. Every time I look at this I find myself realizing that I forgot to discuss something. Send me an email if there are subjects you would like me to address. I'll see what I can do.
Added on: 16-Jan-2004 | hits: 3096
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John Chapman's PVR Project
Category : Start / PVR Project Examples
I stuggled for weeks with MythTV despite excellent help.
In the end I tried the SageTV trial and had it working in half a day
Added on: 12-Sep-2004 | hits: 2891
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WinMyth - Windows MythTV Frontend
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
A Windows 2k/XP/anything .NET and dshow frontend for MythTV. Lets you set up a server in a closet or just add another function to your great linux router and watch tv on your windows machine.
Added on: 08-Jun-2004 | hits: 2771 | Rating: 7.0 (1 Vote)
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Build a Homebrew Infrared Receiver for VIA EPIA M-series mainboard
Category : Start / Remote Control / Infared
Building a Homebrew Infrared Receiver for the VIA EPIA M-series mainboard
(and fitting it in a Morex Cubid 2688)
Introduction
I built this infrared receiver as part of a larger project I am working on to make a Personal Video Recorder (PVR). That project is based on MythTV. There will be a separate document for that project forthcoming, but in a nut shell, I have a server machine in the garage (AMD 1400MHz) with two TV Tuner cards recording my favorite shows, and I watch them (possibly in real time) on a frontend machine based on a VIA EPIA M9000 mainboard.
Added on: 16-Jan-2004 | hits: 2767
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My Freevo HTPC Box
Category : Start / PVR Project Examples
I decided to build my own HTPC in mid 2002. I first got it working in early 2003 and improved the software every now and then (switched from Windows to Debian, to Windows, to Debian, to Mandrake).
Added on: 16-Jun-2004 | hits: 2751
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KnoppMyth makes Linux and MythTV installation easy!
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
KnoppMyth is my attempt (the mysettopbox.tv site guy, not byopvr) at making the Linux and MythTV installation as trivial as possible
KnoppMyth includes several daemon and packages that I hope you\'ll find usefull! I\'ll be adding information on enabling and configuring, as only the daemon required by MythTV are enabled by default.
Added on: 10-Jan-2004 | hits: 2689
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Duncan's Windows XP PVR-in-a-radio
Category : Start / PVR Project Examples
Not satisfied with the current PVR offerings from TiVo, ReplayTV, nor Windows Media Center (not to mention associated fees), The Last Minute decided to build their own personal video recorder, using Windows XP Pro, with SageTV and Zap2it as a program guide and recording software. They’ve even managed to set their recorder to automatically detect and skip commercials, and they are still able to surf the Web via TV, since it is still Windows, afterall. And the big bonus? They jammed it in an old-school lookin’ radio just for kicks. Props, props
Added on: 05-Apr-2005 | hits: 2598 | Rating: 10.0 (1 Vote)
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MediaMVP MediaCenter
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
mvpmc is a media player for the Hauppauge MediaMVP. It is a total replacement for the Hauppauge software, and can be booted onto the MediaMVP via tftp.
It supports mpeg1 and mpeg2 video, as well as mp3, ogg, wav, and ac3 audio. It can also display bmp, gif, png, and jpeg images. It can play files off a MythTV or ReplayTV server, or off NFS or a windows fileserver.
Added on: 14-Apr-2005 | hits: 2583 | Rating: 9.0 (1 Vote)
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Blake's MythTV Box
Category : Start / PVR Project Examples
Blake's MythTV Box
Sharing my rewarding adventure with MythTV... some good info, tips and tweaks and real life experience with mythTV
Added on: 15-Mar-2005 | hits: 2541 | Rating: 2.0 (1 Vote)
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Linux WinTV PVR USB 2 Driver
Category : Start / Software / Drivers
Linux WinTV PVR USB 2 Driver
This driver is designed for the WinTV-PVR-usb2. It won't work with the WinTV-PVR-usb version. It has been tested in SECAM country. Should work in PAL, and probably in NTSC with some minor changes.
It will compile with a kernel of the 2.6 serie. You need both the firmware_class modules and the hotplug package (should be the case for modern distribution).
Added on: 04-Aug-2004 | hits: 2516
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ChrisTV
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
ChrisTV Professional -The PVR that TAKES control OVER your TV Card - developed by Chris P.C. srl for TV Cards with WDM driver. Advanced Timeshifting and Scheduler, supports many capture devices and tv cards with hardware encoding Hauppauge PVR Cards.
Added on: 24-Aug-2005 | hits: 2418 | Rating: 7.0 (2 Votes)
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HTPCforums.com
Category : Start / Other PVR resources
A htpc dedicated forum/community
Added on: 10-Mar-2004 | hits: 2323
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Snapstream - Beyond Tv
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
SnapStream Media brings the Entertainment PC into your living room.
Enjoy movies, music, photos and TV shows stored on your computer from anywhere in the house. Our products are simple to learn and use - so everyone in the house can enjoy them.
Added on: 22-Jun-2004 | hits: 2255 | Rating: 9.2 (4 Votes)
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Flava node based PVR\'ing
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
Flava is a personal video recording system which can be distributed over multiple nodes to perform the actions of recording, encoding, and storing television shows, as well as an adaptive management system, which can, among other things, track a series of programs and allow multiple users to make requests.
Added on: 10-Mar-2004 | hits: 2147
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PCWorld: Step-By-Step: Turn Your PC Into a PVR
Category : Start / Articles and How To's
Step-By-Step: Turn Your PC Into a Personal Video Recorder
Here's how to create a PVR cheaply by installing an add-in card and appropriate software in your PC.
Added on: 13-Apr-2004 | hits: 1983
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JP1 for dummies
Category : Start / Remote Control / Infared
The beginner's guide to remote control hacking.
Added on: 10-Mar-2004 | hits: 1980
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DirecTV Control
Category : Start / Remote Control / Infared
DirecTV Serial Control Utility - Control your DirecTV® satellite receiver with your computer.
Added on: 26-Jul-2004 | hits: 1963
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Archive of MythTV Mailing List
Category : Start / Other PVR resources
Archive of MythTV Mailing List
Added on: 01-Jun-2004 | hits: 1944
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Hauppauge PVR card newbie guide
Category : Start / Articles and How To's
htpcnews.com user, SpHeRe31459, writes \"Okay the same questions keep coming up and being answered so once-and-for-all here are the differences between all the Hauppauge PVR card options, most importantly is the reoccurring PVR-250 versus PVR-350 question.\" Click the link for SpHeRe31459\'s Hauppauge PVR card newbie guide
Added on: 02-Jun-2004 | hits: 1919 | Rating: 5.0 (1 Vote)
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PVR Guide
Category : Start / Articles and How To's
Guides and help pages on how to build a PVR system.
Added on: 30-Mar-2004 | hits: 1918
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The Dave Dina Project Multimedia PC distro
Category : Start / Software / PVR, DVR, & HTPC
What will this box do ?
Our ideas for the box include
* watching DVD, MPEG\'s, TV, ... on your TV screen
* record from TV, video, ..., both attended and unattended
* timeshift TV
* serve as an answering machine
* grab from CD or audio/in
* play CD\'s, MP3\'s, ogg\'s, ...
* answer the phone
* be remote-controlled, voice-controlled, web-controlled...
* integrate with home automation technology
* talk back to you
* have multiple personalities
Added on: 10-Jan-2004 | hits: 1771
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