Personally, the key feature of the TiVo is the remote. It's the key feature of any tool and by that I mean the interface. If it's too complex, or annoying, then it's not going to make people happy.
I agree. The pvr card I'm looking at comes with a remote that looks pretty decent. One thing I wish my tivo had was a 30 second jump ahead. That's something I plan on binding to one of the remote buttons.
I've been on the fence about MythTV for a long time now, just not sure which card to get. It's between the Hauppauge 250, 350, and new 500 cards. I just haven't done enough research to find out if the HW decoding in the 350 or the two tuners in the 500 are supported in Linux. The 250 is normally the sure bet except I have a really old
The hardware decoding in the hauppauge 350 is supported. It also has audio and video out, so you don't need to have a seperate video or sound card. That's the one I'm looking at picking up. I also want this for a dvd player, so that's one other bonus over the tivo. -Marc