On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:24 PM, <swaite at sbn-services.com> wrote: > I was wondering if anyone here in the Twin Cities would happen to have > a Tivo unit for sale that is either already hacked, or easily hackable > (i.e. no S2 model with PROM). I have a use for a DVP that will simply > just do that, play video files in either Tivo or Xvid, to which I can > copy from a laptop to play on a TV. I want to get a Tivo unit because > they are small, quiet, cheap, and all I need (hence why I am not going > to build some MythTV unit). > I do not know how "cheap" are TiVos, but if it is in the 200$ price range, check popcornhour A100: http://www.popcornhour.com/ I have the unit, and it plays almost everything I throw at it. You can add HDD to it for local storage (SMB and NFS servers build in), or it has SMB client to play from a local share. Cheers -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap.