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Category: Start / Articles and How To'sLinks to articles and How To pages that detail (or at least cover in part) how to make your own new fangled PVR/HTPC/etc Sort links by: Title ( + | - ) Date ( + | - ) Rating ( + | - ) Popularity ( + | - )
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Yahoo News/Ziff Davis Build your own Tivo 
Build Your Own Tivo
Tue Nov 25,10:20 AM ET
Jim Louderback - ExtremeTech
When I was younger, I used to love making Heathkits – electronics hobby sets -- with my Dad. We built all manner of useless electronic appliances, including a home intercom system, speakers and even a receiver. One that was useful – and probably the world's first digital alarm clock – still survives.
Maybe you're adventurous, too. Maybe you like building things. Maybe you just want flexibility. Those are all really good reasons to build your own TiVo-like device around a PC platform. Just don't expect to save money doing it.
Added on: 09-Jan-2004 | hits: 701
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Serial Port IR Blaster HOWTO
Describes how to setup a serial port IR Blaster. This HOWTO was originally targeted for knoppmyth control of a DISH receiver with homebrew IR Blaster but has since grown to include a huge variety of configurations.
Added on: 14-Jan-2005 | hits: 733 | Rating: 10 (1 Vote)
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PC World: Make a Media Savvy PC
Intrigued by the idea of using a computer to enjoy movies, music, and television, but unimpressed with the Media Center PCs from big-box vendors like Dell and Hewlett-Packard? Build your own.
True, Microsoft won't sell you its Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system, which combines all of the features you want--TV (live and recorded), movies, music, and photos--with a single, slick interface (it ships only with complete systems). But you can tailor a media-savvy PC to your own specific requirements by using hand-picked components.
Added on: 10-Jul-2004 | hits: 836
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How Stuff Works HDTV
How Stuff Works HDTV
Added on: 22-Jun-2004 | hits: 863
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Wilsonet MythTV Fedora Guide HowTo
Wilsonet MythTV Fedora Guide HowTo
Added on: 29-May-2004 | hits: 864
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How Stuff Works: How DVR's Work
DVR: How Stuff Works: how dvr's work
Added on: 22-Jun-2004 | hits: 924
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Wired Article: Building a TiVo, a Step at a Time
Building a TiVo, a Step at a Time
By Leander Kahney |
02:00 AM Jun. 04, 2003 PT
Forget TiVo and ReplayTV. If you want a really super-duper digital video recorder, you have to build your own.
All you need is knowledge of Linux, plenty of cash for hardware and, if anything goes wrong, hundreds of hours to troubleshoot the device.
Thanks to several open-source projects, you can build your own digital video recorder that will blow boxes from TiVo and ReplayTV right off the shelf.
Added on: 09-Jan-2004 | hits: 1034
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Linux HTPC How-to
A verbose description of what you need to build an HTPC - Linux style. Mainly goes into detail about what you need to get the pieces together. It doesn't go into details about how to install/setup an HTPC on linux, but gives more of a guide on what's available for Linux.
Added on: 09-Apr-2004 | hits: 1171
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Mini-itx (Via small factor PC's) 101
What is Mini-ITX?
Mini-ITX is a motherboard form factor created by VIA. Motherboards are available from VIA, and other manufacturers such as Lucky Star.
Mini-ITX motherboards have a processor soldered to the board and a rich supporting chipset providing networking, graphics and sound. This means that by adding just some memory, a hard drive and a power supply, you have a full computer. You might want to add a case, but this is optional ;)
Mini-ITX motherboards are very cheap. But they are powerful enough to play back full screen video through their monitor or TV output.
Mini-ITX motherboards are very small. The specification requires that the boards are 170mm x 170mm (6.75" x 6.75")
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TechReport: VIA\'s EPIA-M10000 platform Review
A viable pint-sized home theater platform?
by Geoff Gasior — May 27, 2003
HOW FAST is fast enough? How much power does one need for basic office applications? What about high quality DivX and MP3 playback?
The question of \"how fast is fast enough\" has plagued me since VIA\'s tiny EPIA-M10000 platform arrived at my doorstep in what seemed like far too small a box to hold a motherboard and CPU. Just 17 cm square, the EPIA-M10000 is a midget (sorry, little person) among small form factor platforms. The fact that the board features a new revision of VIA\'s notoriously slow C3 processor almost makes it hard to take the EPIA-M10000 seriously, but I\'m trying to be open-minded.
With a new \"Nehemiah\" core C3 processor running at a cool 1GHz, a full-speed FPU, support for DDR SDRAM, and a hardware MPEG-2 decoder, the EPIA-M10000 at least has the potential to be fast enough for mainstream desktops and even home theater PCs. Read on as I explore the features and performance of VIA\'s newest Mini-ITX platform to find out just how much power this pint-size platform is packing.
Added on: 15-Jan-2004 | hits: 1227
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