Why TiVo a PC?
One user's case for an upgrade.
When I first announced to my wife that I was going to turn her desktop PC in the kitchen into a TV, she looked at me like I had two heads. After all, that PC was her lifeline--an e-mail-sending, Web-browsing, check-balancing workhorse that played a vital role in keeping our home running smoothly. But with our primary TV in a den downstairs, there was no place at all in the kitchen area to watch the news or a children's cartoon show.
That all changed when I dropped an ATI All-in-Wonder video card into her aging Compaq desktop PC. Just like that, Anne could fire up the TV with a click of the Windows Start button. I had just put the equivalent of a 15-inch TV in our kitchen, without consuming an extra inch of desk space.
In fact, there's a host of reasons to TV-enable PCs. Office dwellers can monitor news and financial channels, or keep an eye on sporting events and favorite programs while working late hours. College students and people in small apartments can save space by combining ...
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Michael Desmond