Digital TV tuner usb stick
http://www.elgato.com/elgato/int/mai...oduct1.en.html yes we have digital TV on the west coast only 4 channels but perfect picture even where you normally get a snowy picture
Use the program guide (a bit like the sky plus) and with a bit of voodoo you can record two, or in theory all four channels at once
Encode to iPod settings, dock iPod touch or iPhone and you have the good bits of last nights telly the next morning, legend