Kinda cool hackable linux powered DVR here.
Features:
- Standalone Linux Based Media Player connects to your TV
- Record from any external analog audio/video source such as a DVD player or Cable box
- Automatically encode video/audio for playback on mobile devices such as PSP and mobile phones
- Playback a variety of media formats on your TV including MP4, AVI, ASF, MP3, OGG, WMA, AC3
- Timed recording feature allows scheduled recordings in advance
- Storage via media cards (SD/MMC and CF) or external USB hard drive
- IR Remote Learning and Playback
- Future Implementation for Network Attached Storage functionality
- Updateable Open Source Firmware
- Linux OS (2.6 Kernel)
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yes I could use this for my kids…