Freevo ... nice to see news is 3 years behind ...

[Shane R. Monroe]

http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/08/technology/personaltech/bc.column.pluggedin.reut/index.htm

Once again, the world finally catches up to what we've been doing for years.

Next, we'll be hearing about that 'brand new MP3' technology...

[bbagnall]

I've got a PC hooked up to my TV for web browsing and occasionally movies, but it doesn't really approach the functionality of Tivo yet. Does anyone else have a white-box that does something else?

[Shane R. Monroe]

We (Bryan and I) do full Tivo style capturing on our whiteboxes...

I use WinDVR ...

[Bryan 'KidHype' Smith]

Fully functioning TiVO style white box using WinDVR, used to have a full console emulation setup before my hard drive crashed a couple of months ago.

Hopefully Shane will be helping me rebuild the emulation part of the box (He totally had a l33t Amiga style config setup for me before) when he comes down for CGE in August among other things :) (I love it when he comes to visit, i become masta and he becomes the slave!)

[bbagnall]

Fully functioning TiVO style white box using WinDVR, used to have a full console emulation setup before my hard drive crashed a couple of months ago.
I need to do some research then because I've never heard of WinDVR. Do you somehow stream a TV signal into the computer?

(I love it when he comes to visit, i become masta and he becomes the slave!)
Whoa dude! We're not going to be seeing some strange pictures of you two on the internet are we? :)

[Shane R. Monroe]

All you need is a TV capture card :) I use the Aver Media Stereo PCI with WinDVR, using Titan TV as the EPG guide :)

[Demolition Man]

How well does the Aver Media Stereo PCI do for DVD level capturing? Also is it software based encoding or is it hardward based? I would prefer hardware so I can continue to do other things on my system and have it capture.

[Shane R. Monroe]

It does excellent. WinDVR has actual DVD caliber support in it.

Its as good as your source going in.