Sounds like she wants something like mythtv (www.mythtv.org) - not easy to set up, but once it's working you can get it to automatically record stuff to hard disk, and manage several different tuners. Basically it does what a tivo or Sky+ box would do, but with the added benefit you can burn them to DVD, play your MP3s through it, browse the web etc. Currently trying to convert an old PC into one myself.