EFF: Cooking with EFF: KnoppMyth r5a5 and pcHDTV for DTV Liberation:
Welcome to the EFF guide to assembling your own personal video recorder (PVR) with KnoppMyth r5a5 and pcHDTV. In our experience, creating your own HDTV PVR with free/open source software is a fun and rewarding experience. In the United States, some of the hardware required may only be lawfully available until July 1, 2005, so there’s a substantial incentive for those who are interested to start promptly.
At the very least, I’ll get the tuner card that doesn’t grok the Broadcast Flag before they disappear.