OK, TV is a total waste of time (except for sports of course) but if you must watch, don’t be a slave to the boob-tube schedule.
MythBuntu is an open source application with TIVO-like functionality on a CD. Just pop the ISO into your dedicated PC (with supported TV/video card), add internet, and voila! — record your favorite shows while you are gone and watch them at your convenience. It combines Ubuntu Linux with a pre-configured version of MythTV,
MythTV’s robust Personal Video Recorder (PVR) functions allow you to:
- pause, fast-forward and rewind live Television
- install multiple video capture cards to record more than one program at a time
- watch and record SDTV and HDTV via firewire
- Program Guide Data in North America is downloaded from www.schedulesdirect.org