neuros OSD PVR?

[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 06:42 +0200, Marco Fioretti wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 03:32:48 AM +0000, thufir wrote:
> > I like the neuros OSD:
> > 
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuros_osd#Neuros_OSD
> > http://www.neurostechnology.com/
> > 
> > It looks like a good way to back up VHS, and DVD, onto a hard drive.
> > I assume that you can just plug the pc into the device with ethernet
> > cable, since it has a port?
> 
> you have to configure it first,to use the ethernet cable (and I assume
> it should be a crossed cable, if you connect to a pc and not to a
> hub), using the OSD remote and its own configuration interface through
> the TV: the OSD supports both static configuration or DHCP, it's
> exactly like configuring networking during a Linux install. Actually
> it *IS* just that, because the OSD runs Linux. And can be hacked, too!

One small point is most modern Ethernet devices do not require crossover
cables.  Ethernet devices autodetect when two non-switch devices are
connected and cross over the signaling electronically.
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