Comment The solution? PS2 + PVR! (Score 1) 366
Here's how to fix this problem.
Get a PS2 with a hard drive running Linux, an Open Source Linux ReplayTV emulator, and a ReplayTV subscription. ReplayTV probably sells their hardware below cost as a loss leader so they shouldn't have a problem letting Sony distribute an emulator as part of the official PS2 distro. Hell, they might even write it for them. With hardware that standard the install should be simple even for average users and everything should run like clockwork. Hacking an Open Source program to add "illegal" features is pretty easy and since the PS2 can play DVDs it should be able to handle playback.
Since a lot of non-geeks have PS2s hooked up to their tv's anyway it isn't as intimidating as getting something like MythTV working. If Sony did this... PS2=God, XBox=Extinct.
Get a PS2 with a hard drive running Linux, an Open Source Linux ReplayTV emulator, and a ReplayTV subscription. ReplayTV probably sells their hardware below cost as a loss leader so they shouldn't have a problem letting Sony distribute an emulator as part of the official PS2 distro. Hell, they might even write it for them. With hardware that standard the install should be simple even for average users and everything should run like clockwork. Hacking an Open Source program to add "illegal" features is pretty easy and since the PS2 can play DVDs it should be able to handle playback.
Since a lot of non-geeks have PS2s hooked up to their tv's anyway it isn't as intimidating as getting something like MythTV working. If Sony did this... PS2=God, XBox=Extinct.
