coldhands

I am interested in using my computer like a DVR. There are some products offered out there that claim to make this possible. Has anyone tried them? Please share you successes for failures.

Also, I have found some web services that also claim to provide internet TV content. Has anyone tried these?

I am looking to spend less than $100 on hardware or $15 a month for an internet subscription

I have a digital cable TV box and a cable modem.

Thanks in advance for your responses.

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telekinetic

PVR 150 + the included IR Blaster + GBPVR is the setup I run.

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Embic

ditto....works great

Manic_Skafe

It's funny, I love my pvr 150 but never got the ir blaster to work - hell I never even read enough to figure out what it was for.

What does it do and is it worth the effort?

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telekinetic

If you have a digital cable box, you can use it as a sort of computer-controlled universal remote control to change the channels for you. You put the little infrared eye where the cable box can see it, and it will send 'change channel' signals.

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Daemon1313

I've used Sage TV for a few years now with a PVR-250. I'm using a serial cable to control my DCT2000 digital cable box.

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trib767

mythtv (but you need to run Linux!)