I did more research on whether PlayTV would suit my needs, and it looks like there are a couple stumbling blocks:

• PlayTV only records to the internal HDD. Given that it doesn’t compress the files, and will be sharing the drive with game saves and installs, I can see this filling up very quickly.
• One can copy files from the HDD to an external USB ( Read more... )

I’ve been contemplating a PVR for a while. Lack of funds and partner buy-in have sort of left me dead in the water, but P. recently saw a friend’s TiVo and was intrigued enough to suggest getting one (eventually).

Things have gone quiet on that front, but have since done some digging. Basic TiVo is cheap enough, but extra features (like playback on ( Read more... )