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Weather station
Barbara is a weather junkie. We have a standalone weather station with
remote sensors for temperature, rainfall, and so on. It records things like
maximum/minimum temperature since the last reset, but what Barbara
would really like is a logging system that tracks and records temperatures
and other data very accurately and with fine granularity. The media center
system is an ideal control center for this project.
Recording TV programs
Yeah, we know. After arguing that there are much better alternatives for
recording television programs, here we are talking about maybe adding
PVR functions in the future. For now, we'll continue using our DVD record-
er when we infrequently want to record OTA programs. But everything
dies sooner or later, and when our current DVD recorder goes to that great
electronics warehouse in the sky, we may decide it makes more sense to
add a tuner card and PVR software to our media center system than to
replace the DVD recorder.
These are just a few upgrade ideas. We'll probably think of many more uses for
our media center system, and we suspect those of you who build your own
media center systems will do the same.
