So you've bought the most expensive video game console currently on the market, and installed Linux on it. Now
what?
Well, how about turning your PS3 into a full-blown PVR? All you need is Linux, MythTV, and a Plextor ConvertX PX-TV402U, a pretty nifty little box that has a TV tuner, a variety of video inputs for handling cable and satellite broadcasts, and support for MPEG-1/2/4 and DivX compression.
You'll need some Linux drivers for that PX-TV402U, and a couple of patches to help the driver work on the PS3.
The upside: you've got a PS3 running MythTV and serving as a complete PVR. The downside: if you want to make sure you never miss a recording, you have to keep your MythTV running all the time, meaning you can't play PS3 games.
And you could probably put together a cheaper DIY PVR to run MythTV if you really wanted to. But all that aside, color me impressed. --Bill Linder
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