Build Your Own PVR :: Zed's DVD Player Case Mod DVR
Build Your Own PVR :: Zed's DVD Player Case Mod DVR
By Guest Contributor: bznotins
I have wanted a Tivo for quite some time. But inhibiting my purchase was my general disdain for subscription fees and I didn't want to sign-up for yet another monthly bill on top of (what I deem to be) my seemingly unending list of monthly fees I already deal with (cell phone, cable, DSL, etc, etc).
A secondary concern that was preventing me from buying a Tivo was that I'm a bit picky about my home theatre setup and wasn't terribly enthusiastic about the idea of a totally dissimilar box sullying my current aesthetically homogenous Pioneer Receiver/DVD setup.
I'd heard that a Tivo is essentially just a low-end PC with custom software, so I got to thinking maybe I could build one myself. Further to that, I had read online that people have built PCs into everything; coffee tables, beer kegs, and even Star Destroyers. So I thought, "why not build a custom Tivo into an old (gutted) Pioneer DVD player"?