Warning: fopen(/home/pvrspot/public_html/wp-content/cache/wp_cache_mutex.lock) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/pvrspot/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-cache/wp-cache-phase2.php on line 79
PVR Spot: DIY PVR, TV Cards and more » 2005 » June

Archive for June, 2005

Humax TiVo DVD recorder review

Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

Todd Carter over at PVR Wire has a good review of the Humax TiVo DVD recorder. Basically like other Tivo’s its a bit hard setting up but once your off the ground, its great.

“Overall, I think the DTR800 is worth the current street price of about $399. It combines three functions into one, saving […]

MythTV installation guide

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

Former TechTV’er Kevin Rose presents a good video guide on how to build a MythTV computer:Episide 2 of the new show site Systm. To view the video though you’ll need a Bittorrent client like Azureus
I like MythTV but I still struggle with Linux, although things are getting easier as installers etc become more the […]

DirecTV Update Sparks TiVo Tizzy

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

From Wired: A recent software upgrade to DirecTV receivers has infuriated TiVo users who say the change disabled their beloved digital video recorders — and has sparked conspiratorial theories that DirecTV disabled them on purpose.
The problem mainly affects DirecTV customers with D10 receivers and a stand-alone TiVo, and who use a serial cable to control […]

Hauppauge WinTV PVR500 MCE review

Monday, June 13th, 2005

The company with the difficult to spell name has delivered another winner with the WinTV PVR500 MCE. In the world of TV cards and DIY PVR’s the ability to get your hardware working well with your PVR software is essential and Hauppauge has long been known to be supported by the largest variety of PVR […]

Shuttle G5 8300M review

Monday, June 13th, 2005

Trusted Reviews gives a big 8 out of 10 on Shuttles pretty little new box, the G5 8300M MCE 2005 System. You can get all the details here.
What I didn’t realise when I was checking out some of the Shuttle PC’s is that you can actually buy direct from them off ebay. The Shuttle Store […]

Hush Announces the New M-Series

Friday, June 10th, 2005

Hush has announced a new M MCE Mobile series in an ITX e case, using the low power Intel Pentium M and Celeron M mobile processors.
The new M-series is delivered pre-installed with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. The Mini-ITX form factor mainboard in the M-Series is based on the Intel 855GME chipset and […]

Acer Aspire L200

Friday, June 10th, 2005

Acer has announcemed its first entry into the home media market with the lauch of the Aspire L200.
The 53mm-high L200 runs Windows Media Center 2005 and is powered by an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor. It comes with a 160GB Sata (serial ATA) hard disk, dual layer DVD-+/-RW drive and includes DVI and Scart connections […]

Sharp Mebius HTPC

Friday, June 10th, 2005

I wanted to just call it plain pretty but it would’nt be fair if I didn’t share some details: 32” LCD with a dual display feature, WiFi and media playback capabilities in the computer itself, a 250GB hard drive…can’t wait to see one in person.
(via Gizmodo)

PVR Shipments Up over 140% in 2004

Friday, June 10th, 2005

Research firm In-Stat has reported that over 11.4 million PVRs were shipped to retailers in 2004, up from 4.6 million in 2003 and 1.5 million in 2002.

AlchemyTV, EvolutionTV updates

Friday, June 10th, 2005

This one for Mac DIY PVR enthusiasts: Miglia Technology has announced the release of version 2.4 updates to its AlchemyTV DVR and EvolutionTV software. The PVR solution for the Mac now allows your Mac to start up and shut down at predetermined times.
AlchemyTV DVR is a PCI-based expansion board you can install in a Power […]