[mythtv-users] Using a Tivo Chassis for Myth

[Michael Lynch]

On 6/22/06, fkamp at comcast.net <fkamp at comcast.net> wrote:
> Brian C. Huffman wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 16:22 -0400, Disconnect wrote:
> >> Hey look, its a FAQ!
> >> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.16
> >>
> >> On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, Gavin Haslett did have cause to say:
> >>
> >>> I suspect it'd also be slow as a dog :)
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 15:34 -0400, A JM wrote:
> >>>> Hasn't someone already hacked a TIVO???
> >>>>
> >
> >
> > You guys aren't getting what I mean.  I mean gutting it and using new
> > hardware.  I'm only talking about using the actual Chassis.  I've read
> > the FAQ...
> >
> > But, I guess the answer is that anything's possible.  I was just hoping
> > that someone had done it and I could take a look at their procedure /
> > pictures if possible.
> >
>
> Brian,
>
> I understand what you are considering.  I have done similar
> things in the past.  I always regretted doing such, because
> I always ended up converting the silk purse into a sows ear.
>   Maybe it was just a reflection of my skill level but once
> hacked, there is no way to make it look like anything desirable.
>
> I would sell the tivo thing for whatever I can get for it
> and use the proceeds to buy a decent computer chassis.
>
> Or just build a ventilated wooden box.  You can always line
> it with aluminum foil if you need it to be RF tight.
>
> My guess is that a nicely stained and varnished wooden box
> would look better than a hacked tivo.
>
>
> Regards,
> Frank Kamp
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Not the nicest, but it was an easy build:

http://www.flyingsawdust.com/2006/06/12/the-wooden-pc-case-ii/