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having your linux-savvy friend build you a MythTV box and then plugging it in.

And your friend is always willing to fix any problems you might encouter.

I still think it's tough to compare either way. Besides, yeah, Tivo does "primarily 1 thing," but I'd bet good money that it does it better than any device of its type ever made. That's a hard thing to compare to. You also have to decide whether you want the rest of the functionality you mentioned.

Oh yeah, and I was just given an older DirecTivo with a lifetime subscription. How do I compare the two now?
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Matt