Date post: | 15-Jan-2015 |
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DVRHow to setup a DVR for Cheap
What is a DVR
• Modern day VCR!
• Cable company or TiVo!
• record cable & over the air tv to a hard drive!
• Schedule shows & seasons to watch anytime!
• Watch tv on your schedule
Why build your own?• Avoid renting a DVR from cable company - can cost
$20-30 per month!
• More capabilities - Eye TV can make automagically copies for iPhone/iPad/ATV!
• Use your own equipment verses cable company!
• Integrates with the computer applications such as front row, Hulu desktop
Hardware Needed?
• Mac or PC!
• TV Tuner - USB, PCI Card, Network!
• Cable connection or antenna!
• Either connect the Mac or PC to TV or use a 3rd party device to playback recording such as Apple Tv, Xbox 360, iPhone, ipad
Software: eyeTV
• $80 or bundled with tv tuner hardware!
• $5 iPhone & iPad app!
• Mac only!
• iTunes integration and iPhone/iPad integration!
• AirPlay support for apple tv
Software: windows Media Center
• Free with windows home premium and above!
• Integrates with all your media on your pc!
• Music, video, photo, tv with online scrapper!
• Integration with xbox & windows home server!
• Media center extenders
My Setup
• Mac Mini setup at a server in my office to run itunes & record TV shows via Eye TV!
• Apple TV to view recordings and movies server!
• EyeTv on iPhone to remote schedule recording and view recordings!
• Go out and try it!