[plug] Turning an out of date PC into a linux home entertainment thingymabob?

[Mike Holland]

Ari,
consider the noise  problem. Those XPs are hot, noisy boxes. Can you 
underclock it and slow down the fans?
    $100 could get you a (used?) TV-out VGA card, and a TV-capture card
with remote. I think most TV cards work fine with Linux.

   However, why go to all that trouble on outdated technology?
Digital TV cards are cheap now, and let you record the actual
broadcast signal.
   Anyway, its all in the PLUG list archives.

Alternatively, spend the hundred bucks on a DVD player with DivX/XviD.
They also play MP3s, about 60 hours to a DVD.