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!