Apple’s forthcoming iTV (or whatever they end up calling it) is certainly exciting, but it is going to cost you another US$300 on top of the living room media devices you already have. If you already have a networked TiVo, you can start serving Internet TV offerings from your PC to your TiVo/TV now, using an app such as TiVoServer. This Engadget tutorial shows how it’s done. Not for the newbie, but if you’ve done some TiVo hacks already, are comfortable with command-line set-ups and already have your TiVo on your LAN, you shouldn’t have any trouble getting this to work. Versions are available for Linux, Mac and Windows. What you’ll end up with is the ability to stream your DivX, AVI, QT and other popular vid formated files to any TiVo boxes on the net.
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