Roy Witt -> Ed Hulett wrote:

 RW> 16 Nov 08 03:29, Ed Hulett wrote to Ross Cassell:

 EH>> Why anyone would buy DVD/RWs to record TV shows on instead of using a
 EH>> DVR is a mystery. You can even build your own DVR out of an old PC
 EH>> using free software.

 RW> That's interesting. Where can this free software be obtained? I've got
 RW> this old AMD PC that used to have Linux on it that needs something to do.

Do a google search for linux DVR and/or mythtv. You'll need to have a tv
tuner card in the computer, but they have inexpensive new and used tuner
cards on Ebay.

Ed

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