Of any personal software or hardware project I have ever taken on, Project Mythbox has undoubtedly been the most successful. Since that day, the Mythbox has undergone several iterations:
Version 1: Original Configuration, as seen in the original post.
Version 2: Original Configuration, except with a Hauppauge MCE-500 Dual tuner (MCE05)
Version 3: AMD Athlon64 3000+, 2GB RAM, 256MB [...]

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