Re: Any cheap off air HD receiver boxes with PVR functions yet?
- From: "stryped" <stryped@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 15 Jun 2006 10:41:32 -0700
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Where are the instructions? What if I want to watch one over the air
channel in one room and another in another room? Can I watch satelite
in one room and over the air channel in another?
This is very interesting but I am slightly technically challeneged but
learning every day!
Wes Newell wrote:
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:23:17 -0700, stryped wrote:
By following the instructions. I change channels with wireless KB, but I
also have a remote for it. I just prefer the KB.
http://tekgems.com/Products/tg-pbr.htm
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How do I build one of these for a newbie? How do you change channels
from your bedroom?
Wes Newell wrote:
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:11:22 -0500, me wrote:
Wes Newell <w.newell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Any advice on something low cost that does the job well? Or is
everything still above $500?
Build your own for a lot less.
Wes
What you think abt using one of these slim line PCs form HP as a base
for a HD pvr?
http://tinyurl.com/h4lvl
Has a laptop Pent M cpu in it
And I can buy the whole system at Costco cheap
Only has one internal slot tho. That's OK as I only want one tuner.
Certainly wouldn't buy a Celeron based system from the start. I think
you'd be wasting your money.. I wouldn't spend more than $300 on the
system If i just wanted one tuner to start, but I'd sure want room to
expand it to 2 or more tuners. If you have a Fry's close by, wait til
they run a sale on an AMD Sempron 3100+ with the ECS Nforce-3A MB For
$79 again and get that. Add 512MB PC3200 ram, a TR2-M6 CPU cooler, a
128MB FX5200 video card with dvi and svideo out, a CDrom or
DVDrom/writer, and start with at least 2 tuners. You won't regret it at
only $25 each. Put it in the case of your choice. I bought a black case
with 500W PSU and side fan for $25 from CMI. Worked great. Throw in a
250GB or larger HDD, a KB/mouse and you're set. Total cost should be
under $400. If you need a monitor, I bought a 19" on sale Best Buy for
$69 after rebate. I use that as the Tv in my bedroom. for real HDTV. If
you are going to use an old analog TV, just use the Svideo out of the
video card. That's what I dd for my wifes TV. Each location reuires a
PC, but only the one running the master backend server requires tuners
and HDD's.
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