Build a PVR using Mac Mini and EyeToy 200

Just the timeshifting of the news (Deadline, DR2) has made it worth it for me.

I needed a good excuse (or any excuse, really) to get a Mac Mini and in the long lasting desire of a PVR to record TV onto a harddrive, I found it. I’m going to “build” (plugin firewire cables and chuckle at the missing step three) my own PVR using the Mac Mini and the EyeTV 200.

I’m ever so envious whenever I drop by Jason’s place and play with his Tivo, so since Tivo won’t come to us Danes, we’ll build something even better ourselves. That’s right!

I already have the external firewire drive to beef up the storage and since I’m getting it with the airport extreme card it’ll fit right into the stereo rack under the TV. Oh, got the bluetooth builtin as well, so it can be controlled with Salling Clicker from that wonderful phone of mine.

Can’t wait to stop complaining about how we got 40 channels with nothing on.