Indeed, a TiVo is substantially more limited than a home-made box.
However, I was responding to the statement that a TiVo could be more
expensive (hardware-wise) than a custom solution.
Personally, I am a huge TiVo fan and have three of them (one being a
Series1... very hackable). I find myself casting an eye towards
MythTV (and various Windows solutions, to tell the truth) more and
more lately, though, due to the lack of HDTV support (and to a lesser
degree, the ability to remotely control my Series2 TiVos). I am past
the point in my life were I enjoy spending hours upon hours getting
things to work so I haven't switched yet.... but maybe someday when I
can find a pre-configured HTPC for under $1000 I'll abandon at least
one or two of my precious TiVos.
On Nov 15, 2005, at 12:48 PM,
slegge@govliquidation.com wrote:
> Find me a TiVo w/ firewire inputs and does HD with capabilities for
> LVM... I am running older hardware with a bunch of old slow ide
> disks w/ LVM rather than the $300 for one sata + cost of enclosure
> + monthly recurring cost for cox or tivo for me its the only viable
> solution.
>
> The cox DVR is limited to the one sata disk u can plug in it :(
>
> -Scott
>
> On Tuesday 15 November 2005 12:02 pm, Josh Coffman wrote:
> > Hmm... my wife just mentioned she might want to get Tivo. I
> thought to
> > myself myth would be cool since we don't have digital, but the
> hardware
> > cost....
> > $160 + better video card + tv tuner + second hard drive would
> make a
> > nice MythTV box for what.. about $350? install in KnoppMyth and
> you're
> > done.
>
> TiVo hardware cost? You can get a TiVo for $50 now. The true cost
> is in the
> monthly payments, not in the hardware.
>
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