LG LRM-519

[phenixdragon]

Has anyone checked this out? I wonder how difficult it would be to be able to hack it and install Windows, then Sage or the Linux version of Sage. Looks liek they sell for about $300 or so on eBay.

[PGPfan]

Looks interesting. Any idea what hardware is inside? All I've been reading is "cpu more like that of a PC" but that doesn't help with determining if it'd be possible to put Sage on it.

-PGPfan

[phenixdragon]

I'm not sure myself and have been looking around online but can't really find any specs on what's inside. I am shocked that more people haven't looked into this yet either because it looks like it has been out since last fall.

[dbfresh23]

Well out of the box it's probably not worth it. Basically the same PVR functions as MCE but they charge $10/mo. If it can be modded then it may be pretty cool. I'd assume that it's running Windows XPE or Windows CE.

[phenixdragon]

Well they actually don't charge any more but for $600 it's a bit pricy still unless it has some good hardware inside.

[PGPfan]

Yeah, it's the hardware inside that is key. If it's running WinCE it's probably not going to be do-able, if it is XPE that is a whole different story . With XPE, I 'should' be able to get Sage to work on the beasty assuming that whatever tuner it is using is supported by Sage.

Does anyone want to donate one to the cause?

-PGPfan

[BobPhoenix]

Based on what I see in the manual it does 480i/480p output so not going to do HD .ts files. And it only has a maximum SVideo in and Antenna is channels 1-135 so no OTA HDTV by coax either. Think I'd rather use a Buffalo Link Theater mod as a client - its cheaper.

BobP.

P.S. to get manual enter the following on the above web page:
Select Product Support (top menu) then Owners manuals (left side menu) and fill in:
Product Group: DVD&VIDEO&SET TOP
Product: DVD&VIDEO&SET TOP
Language: All English
Model No.: LRM-519

Edit: fixed broken link - sorry about that.