[mythtv] Crazy Question?

[Michael Stearne]

On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 15:30, Micah Morton wrote:
> that all depends.. does the special hardware contain a bt878 chipset,
> generic tv tuner, etc..etc...etc.. I would like to see some technical
> specs. that sounds like an interesting project.. Expecially because I love
> the way mythtv looks. And the ability to add features to mythtv makes it
> much more appealing than TiVo.. My woman on the other hand would probably
> kill me because "the TiVo works great the way it is!!" and I would be like
> "But... dear... it would uhm... be way cooler!!" hehe.. instant doghouse.
> :)

With the Tivos though, you can get an old one for <$200 and put a 120GB
hard drive in it.  See http://www.9thtee.com/insidetivo.htm for the
chips in the Tivo.

Michael



> 
> Anyways, let me know
> 
> --Micah Morton
> --Linux Network Test Engineer
> --Intel Corp
> 
> > Here's my next question.  Can a Tivo run MythTV? The hardware is
> > obviously there. But if you installed Linux on a Tivo, would the special
> > hardware be utilized?
> >
> > Michael
> >
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