Washington Post has a good overview of MythTV – “In 2002, amidst a bulky, advertising-laden digital television experience, programmer Isaac Richards took matters into his own hands — he began to build his own digital video recorder system from scratch. Now known as the MythTV project (http://www.mythtv.com), Richards’s effort to create DVR systems from commonly […]
Sal writes – “…I had some big plans in store for the Mini-ITX box. The plans were, roughly, to install a hard drive, move to a more powerful Linux distribution, and add PVR capabilites to the system. Because the computer was already situated in my living room, making it into a personal video recorder was […]
Amazing gallery of old TVs, back when they were furniture and you fixed them yourself – [via] – Link.
If you have an Intel Mac the free open source media system, MythTV, looks like it’s coming along – details and downloads on the project wiki [via] Link. Related: Other MythTV projects – Link.
Mechanix Illustrated 1951 – “Tired Of TV? A certain New York executive was, so he took his 19 in. receiver, remounted the front on a swivel and now he and his friends find the set much more stimulating.” – Link. This is a pretty good idea, you could mount a flatscreen on a swivel / […]
Another quiet PC build, this one is a home theater – “There are a lot of Digital Video Recorders on the market right now, some cable and satellite companies will give you one with their service for a small fee. Unfortunately, most of them come with low amounts of storage, sometimes only 20 or 30 […]
Over-the-air reception with an antenna can be a maddening affair. TV signal strength can vary dramatically, especially indoors, and it can take a lot of tinkering to get an antenna system set up right. Matthew Gast walks you through his process of setting up a antenna system for digital reception. Link.
