PVR
About a year ago, I started looking into systems for home video and other media systems. The aim was to have a consumer friendly box to replace a plethora of others including DVD/CD player/recorder, DAB radio, VHS deck and possibly enable telephony (VoIP). The options: buy a consumer box, find an existing open-source or commercial solution, build a HTPC running Windows/Linux/Other, etc.
This category will chart recent and past progress and may serve somewhat as a warning how not to do this.