Now I know a trials web site isn't perhaps the first place you'll think of when you want to build a PC, but we do tend to get a good spread of technical levels on here, so as I live here, I thought I'd ask you lot.

I've built PC's for years, up until the point where it sort of became easier and sometimes cheaper to buy the thing as a job lot, but what I want to build at the moment is something to record sky TV.

I bought a digi box a while ago with built in hard drive recorder

What I'm thinking of is something like a liquid cooled shuttle, with a TV card, and an infra red transmitter to automatically change the sky box channel, so I just take the RF out from the sky box and feed it to TV. Looking around and thinking of maybe Linux Red Hat with MythTV

But also thinking that I may be safer sticking with Windows Media and looking around for something to control the sky.

OR....is there a sky receiver for PC's out there at reasonable price? I'm doubtful.

OR....is there some way I can link in with SCART

There's a mass of info out there, the trouble is finding the realistic bits with any idea of prices, the ones where you don't have to spend 4 hours a day setting it up - I want it to be plain sailing once it's set up, or the family just won't use it.

Any info out there?

Bloody hell Gaz, thats all Swahili to me mate!!

What ever happened to being happy with a Splicer out of Danby's Ice Cream shop.