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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ChimericDream" data-source="post: 3296600" data-attributes="member: 43444">My girlfriend and I are looking at ways to save money on some of our bills, and we thought about cutting our cable bill by about $30-40/mo by dropping a few channels we don't watch and building our own DVR instead of renting theirs (for ~$19/mo). I have tons of spare parts around my house, so the only real thing I'd need is a TV tuner card for the computer.I was just wondering if anyone here had done something similar and what hardware you've found to work well. The computer this will be going into isn't any kind of monster, but it'll run most things decently. All that will be installed is WinXP and whatever software is necessary for watching and recording TV. In addition, we'll be running the cable into the computer then out to the TV instead of watching on a monitor.Phew. That was a longer explanation than I expected. Anyways, has anyone here done this before? We know the up front cost will put us over our regular monthly bill, but the cost savings in the long run will really be where we'll benefit.Thanks in advance.</blockquote>