Once upon a time Dave in Boston shaped the electrons to say... > This looks like a great idea! > > http://technologyreview.com/wire/21445/?a=f
Yeah, I covered that Monday: http://www.gizmolovers.com/2008/09/29/nero-liquidtv-tivo-pc/ > I wonder what the system requirments will be (besides a TV tuning card). > I'm wondering if I can run this on an old box....or is it a sys resources > hog. >From the site: System Requirements for Nero Liquid TV | TiVo PC * CD/DVD ROM drive is required for installation * Windows. XP Home/Pro with SP2, Windows. XP Media Center Edition, * Windows. XP Professional x64 Edition or Windows Vista. x86/x64 * DirectX. 9.0c or higher * 3.0 GHz Intel. Pentium. IV processor or AMD Athlon XP 3200+ or Dual Core CPU with less GHz for analog channels and * digital HD channels - 2.0 GHz Intel. Pentium. IV processor or * AMD Athlon XP 2000+ or Dual Core CPU with less GHz for digital SD channels * 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM for Windows Vista. and/or for HDTV) * 500 MB disc space for a typical installation of all components * Minimum of 20 GB available hard disk space for TV recordings, * EPG data storage and temporary DVD files * Graphics card with at least 64 MB video memory and minimum * resolution of 800 x 600 pixels 32-bit true color * Graphics card must be fully compliant to DirectX. 9 * 16-bit Windows. compatible sound device * BDA-compatible TV tuner or video capture card for analog and * digital recording (included in the retail box - USB port * required). List of compatible devices: * http://support.neroliquidtv.com/tuner * Supported TV sources: analog cable, analog and digital antenna; * digital cable and satellite via set-top box * Broadband Internet access * Internet Explorer. 6.0 or later * Have latest drivers for devices installed Optional: * DVD recordable or rewritable device for burning * Remote control (included in the retail box). List of compatible * devices: http://support.neroliquidtv.com/remote * [http://support.neroliquidtv.com/remote] * PC IR transceiver for tuning channels on cable and satellite * boxes (included in the retail box - USB port required). List of * compatible devices: http://support.neroliquidtv.com/transceiver * [http://support.neroliquidtv.com/transceiver] * For satellite and digital cable reception either an additional * S-Video cable and Composite audio cable or a Composite AV cable * is required. Additional System Requirements for High Definition Contents: * For HD recording a minimum of 40 GB available hard disk space is recommended (= about 5 hours of HD recording). * Graphics card with a minimum of 256 MB video RAM based on NVIDIA. GeForce. 6600GT, 7600GT, 7800GTX512, 7900GS, 7900GT, 7900GX, 7900GTX, 7950GT, 7950GTX, 8500, 8600, 8800, 8400M, 8600M or newer or based on ATI Radeon series X1600, X1650, X1800, X1900, X1950 or newer > Maybe a $99 set-up fee...and something like $45 for each year afterwards > woulod be more plausible. Yeah, I suggested the same thing, about $50/year is more reasonable than $100. -MZ -- megazone-at-megazone.org http://www.MegaZone.org/ Gweep, Geek, Human, me. http://www.GizmoLovers.com/ http://www.Eyrie-Productions.com/ -><- Hail Eris "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508-852-2171
