I am wanting to program my PDA to be used as a DVR. Does anyone have any recomendations on how to go about this?

does anyone have any suggestions on this?

my first thought is "How are you going to get all that HD space into your PDA?"

compact flash card homes! comeon now!

well, the PSP plays mp4 files from Son'y CF equiv Memory sticks....I guess it'd be possible to find out what video files your PDA can play, then grab any $25 windows TV card, and record the shows to the CF card as if it were an internal drive...

That would assume that you have fast CF cards, so that the direct recording doesn't studder. It might be better to record the videos on the computer, and then dump manually shrunk and compressed files onto the PDA.

I don't want to say its impossible, but playback is going to be difficult.

what if it is transferred to a computer and then burned to DVD?

well?

Here is how you do it:

1) Obtain a video capture card (or a DVD recorder). A good, cheap one is the ATI TV Wonder.

2)Connect your cable co-ax to the co-ax connector on the TV card. Record the video as an MPEG.

3) Obtain a flash card large enough to hold a movie (128MB+, the bigger the better).

4) Run Windows Movie Maker. Import the movie you recorded and export the movie (File Menu). Under the file type on the selection screen, export it to one of the Pocket PC formats.

5) Depending on PC speed, this make take a few minutes to several hours. Ensure the stated file size on the dialog box is less than your card's capacity.

6) Synchronize the movie with your flash card...and use a media player to watch!