There are many unlabeled charities; people who, in their spare time, refurbish computers, put either free or outdated operating systems in them, and give them away to needy families or individuals. I am one of those people, groups also exist. There should be a network of these small groups so that around any area, metropolitan or rural, should exist somewhere these outmoded but not useless items can be refurbished and reused. See also http://thatroom.freehostia.com/ for more information.

oh, for crissakes.. can't you see that nothing is as good as direct media on a HDTV? just look at satellite.. all of that mpeg crap is easily visible as distortions on a decent LCD. to expect an, albeit cute, apple TV to record as clean as straight uncompressed video is insane. If you want perfectly clean tv recordings, then get a $2500 pro quality dvr.