This do-it-yourself article by Russell Pavlicek explains how to build a TiVO-like Linux-based TV time-shifting box — the perfect project for those snowy Winter weekends. All you need are some inexpensive hardware (PC motherboard, video capture card, VGA-to-TV converter, memory, hard drive, remote control), Linux, and a sense of adventure. Pavlicek writes . . .

“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 . . .”

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