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Make your own Tivo? With the Plextor ConvertXPVR...you can turn your Mac or PC into a digital personal video recorder.

What can you do with a PVR? Just like a Tivo, you can watch, pause, and record live TV, but on your computer monitor! You can also use it to record shows the way you do with a VCR or DVR and play it back on your computer or the new generation of handhelds and media players.

We got a unit from Plextor... in the next few weeks, we'll give you a series of detail reviews on the installation, daily use, recording, and coverting videos for viewing on a PDA of the Plextor ConvertXPVR unit.

Reviews:

1. Hardward Installation...

2. Software Installation...

3. Recording Shows...

4. Playback on a PDA...