You've got to love it when someone spends time on a project for the sheer joy of doing it. That seems to be the case with the gentleman who gutted his old VCR and turned it into a PVR.
Specifically, he took a spare computer and the drive from a DVD player and installed them inside a dead, gutted VCR. The plan was to run the open-source PVR software freevo without upsetting his wife by positioning a computer near the TV set.
He calls the project "VCRVO" and has extensive photos and instructions at his Web site. While the project is cool, I'm glad I'm single and can do any thing I want, aesthetics be damned.
1. The picture went out on my TV so I searched the yellow pages for a repair shop. One shop that caught my eye was "Frankie's VCR Repair". I think it's safe to say Frankie will be going out of business soon.
Posted at 6:42PM on Oct 29th 2005 by gas freak