repurposing cheap dvr boxes

From	asdf <asdf@nospam.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	repurposing cheap dvr boxes
Date	2014-10-08 14:42 +0000
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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(I apologize for the repost from c.o.l.embedded but that group
looks almost dead and the topic may be of interest to others)


Those nice boxes have multiple video inputs, serial/RS485/parallel i/o
for alarms, camera motion etc, one or more audio i/o, HDMI output,
one or more SATA ports, etc and some cost down to less than $50
including case, power supply, cables, mouse and remote. And all of
them run Linux. The logical question is: did anyone manage to flash
some embedded distro on one of these boxes to extend their
capabilities or use them for different purposes? 4 or more channels
video sampling means they use some pretty fast ADCs in there.

Here's one. 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/361044828613
Having placed a few of them I can confirm, regardless of their
brand/model, many use the same firmware save for a few
changes.

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repurposing cheap dvr boxes asdf <asdf@nospam.com> - 2014-10-08 14:42 +0000
  Re: repurposing cheap dvr boxes Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-08 11:45 -0400
    Re: repurposing cheap dvr boxes Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-10-08 11:23 -0500
      Re: repurposing cheap dvr boxes The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-08 17:34 +0100
      Re: repurposing cheap dvr boxes Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-09 14:44 -0400
        Re: repurposing cheap dvr boxes Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-10-09 14:20 -0500

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