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Turning an old Mac into Tivo?
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 Turning an old Mac into Tivo? So I'm wondering if anyone knows how to convert a computer into a Tivo. I have an old Mac Mini that I'd love to do this with. Any ideas? (I'm fairly illiterate when it comes to computers. Google search hasn't helped too much yet.)
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danlord
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Re: Turning an old Mac into Tivo? I don't know if there is an other solution for this, but here is what I use to use like 10 years ago
you will need a Tv tuner to get the TV signal in your computer
cableBox-->TV tuner-->Computer-->TV
most of the TV tuners came with recording software, some of them with programmable schedules of of them won't, so be sure to get the right one
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Re: Turning an old Mac into Tivo?
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Re: Turning an old Mac into Tivo? I'll have to check out those links. Thanks!
I'm getting rid of our satellite, and will need to pick up a converter box now that everything has switched to digital. Will the converter box act as a tuner? Or will I need to buy a converter AND a tuner? We won't have a cable box of any sort, so will this work by just plugging as such:
TV Tuner>>Computer>>TV
Do I have to have special hardware in my computer for this to work?
Also, I think the only ports on the Mac Mini are USB and Firewire - in order to hook a tuner and a TV into those ports there's gotta be some sort of adapter, right? Or else I'm SOL.
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Kevlo9
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Re: Turning an old Mac into Tivo? Or you can just hook up the Mac Mini to your TV and watch TV thru a number of services and there is always HULU.
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Re: Turning an old Mac into Tivo? yes you will need a special hardware to get the tv-signal to the computer, it doesn't matter if it's cable, satellite or converted box works the same
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