[mythtv] Re:Crazy Question?

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I am interested in information on the ethernet device.

What codec?  What protcol?  When is it going to be ready?

> 
> Err, really. So microsoft licensed their xbox development platform to you so
> you could develop linux based applications on their hardware? And they are
> going to let you sell this product, which would put their xbox (a $199
> sold-at-a-loss game console) in relative competition with media center PCs
> ($1100+ sold at a profit)? That seems a likely strategy for a billion dollar
> company - i'm sure HP would be happy about their investment in media center.
> Or does dreamix actually require a mod chip, thus undermining how your
> product "will allow for a friendly install by the average user"?
> 
> -Dan
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrew Zarick
> To: mythtv-dev at snowman.net
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 3:09 PM
> Subject: [mythtv] Re:Crazy Question?
> 
> 
> I was browsing the MythTV forum and happened to notice a post regarding
> Dreamix.
> 
> "Dreamix is vaporware, furthermore, the people who claim to be making it
> are making a 'custom ethernet tuner device' that will sell for 'around $100'
> which means that they're in it for the money. Considering a $40-something
> USB tuner, or an open source mythtv frontend would do just fine I don't
> consider dreamix a viable solution to anything. The only proof that anything
> is happening is some "screenshots" on the sourceforge site they registered,
> unfortunately all of those images were created in photoshop, not from
> screenshots."
> 
> The reasoning behind an Ethernet add-on is due to the fact that the Xbox
> uses USB1.0.  The speeds of USB1.0 are not sufficient enough for good
> quality video.  After reading the above quote from Poptix, it appears as if
> he is not very familiar with the project.  Dreamix is far from vaporware.
> If any interested developers would like to see the source code for Dreamix,
> feel free to contact me.  One last thing, the first release of Dreamix will
> be based on Debian.  However, Dreamix can be easily ported to both the Mac
> and Windows platforms.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Andrew Zarick
> President
> Dreamix Corporation
> 
> 
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