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DIY: Build a $300 HDTV Media Extender

ZDNet Blogs has an excellent DIY post on Building an HDTV Media Extender for only $300! Worth looking at no matter what your budget is.

HDTVs are getting cheaper especially when you're talking about older close out models that they're becoming very common in the home. Personal video storage on a home network is also getting very popular but getting that video to the HDTV isn't easy without paying for an expensive and extremely limited function HD media extender appliance. But with a little spare time and some cheap commodity PC hardware you can build a superior HDTV media extender that can easily be upgraded to a full fledged media center machine for $300.

[via Build Your Own PVR]

LG Unveils "Time Machine" Plasma & LCD TV's

Finally, time travel is here via LG's new Time Machine TV's! We'll time-shifted travel in TV land that is...LG unveiled its line of “Time Machine” TVs this week, including both LCD and plasma models. The plasma models come in 42-inch and 50-inch versions, while the LCD TVs come in 37-inch and 42-inch models and hold the distinction of being the first TVs to feature integrated digital video recorders (DVR). The 80GB hard drive can hold up to 40 hours of standard-definition programming, and the unit offers continuous automatic recording in one-hour intervals. Of course they have HDMI connectivity. No word on pricing yet.

[via ubergizmo]