Building a Linux-based time-shifting box

Source: Linux Professional Solutions

We don't watch tons of TV, but there are a few programs every week that we do like to see. I could buy a TiVo, but then I'd have to pay US$13 each month for the required service or a couple hundred bucks for a lifetime subscription. It may be worth it for many folks, but that's overkill for me. And I don't like the concept of having my destiny linked with the fortunes of the supplying company. I don't need a US$300 doorstop if the TiVo company should someday fail. Hey, if Enron and Worldcom can end up in the toilet, you have to allow for the fact that no one company will be around forever.