How to create a personal video recorder without monthly fees? "
I say why pay a TiVo or cable company or a a satellite using a personal video recorder, after all, is only a piece of software clock that records data on a hard disk. Just asking for TV listings, connect a computer at home and find the right software for the time of the purchase cost (something cheap as $ 50, not 300-500 TiVo / ReplayTV receivable).
Easy, SnapStream, or I think now called BeyondTV, wrote an article on this subject in 2002 tomsnetworking.com, great article: http://www.tomsnetworking.com/network/20020423/ A little more than $ 50, $ 69.99, but not bad. If you do not have a TV tuner card for your PC, then get the package that comes with it. I'm not sure but I think XP Media Edition PC software already built similar too.
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