Anyone tried to build their own PVR?

[zedzed77]

I know there are some HD Tuner cards out there and was wondering if anyone has tried using them. I am looking to build a PC with an HD Tuner card so I can use as a PVR and get rid of the Rogers one that I currently rent from them (tried to get an extra year free of PVR rental and they said no).

Ideas would be nice!!

 

[zedzed77]

What I found out by asking others, but need to verify here:

- Hardware requirements may be a lot higher due to HD resource requirements
- HD Signal compatibility with Bell and Rogers may be an issue meaning that most HD cards may not work here.

Has anyone actually attempted to build their own HD PVR?

 

[splooge]

didn't rebuild my pvr, but broke open my bev 9200 and removed the hard drive and installed a larger one so i could save more hd porn... the h.264 codec is how HD is stored on the bev pvr and your ipod can read directly off of their hard drive! pretty cool...

 

[Anynym]

http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&source=...g4g-sx1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=1f6c4e87bf5f67f2

Hauppauge HVR-1600 card is recommended (don't know if the driver is out yet for the HVR-1800).
Note: you will need to subscribe to the "SchedulesDirect" TV Listings online service.