I paid $160.00.......

[Kurt Granroth]

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 at 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.
>