PVR

Since I've got digital cable, I've been thinking I need to put together a PC-based video recorder. Subscription-based ones like TiVo just mean another monthly bill, and since I don't watch all that much TV to begin with (the wife does sporadically), it's not worth it. So far I haven't been able to find any Japanese DVR-like devices, so I may have to roll my own.

Hot Deals Club had a blurb about a device called HDHomeRun, which is a networked DVR. The downside is that it requires coax inputs, and with my setup, I'm not sure if it'll work. Furthermore, SiliconDust's website doesn't have any specs or other information that would help me decide whether to buy it, so I'm going to pass.

DVICO, on the other hand, has a product, the Fusion HDTV5 RT Gold, that caught my eye. It at least has an S-Video input, so I could hook up my cable box to it. At $150, it's not too spendy, either. The problem is, it doesn't support Linux. I guess I have to keep looking.