[mythtv-users] prebuilt pvrs for developers benefit?

[Rudy Zijlstra]

Peter Valdemar Morch wrote:

> James Orr james-at-orrwhat.net |Lists| wrote:
>
>> The problem I see with selling prebuilt Myth boxes is ... who is your
>> market?
>>
>> Somebody who just wants a PVR will buy a TiVo.
>
>
> I'm living in Denmark, where you just can't buy a TiVo, or ReplayTV 
> for that matter. As far as I know, TiVo is a US only thing, and they 
> are experimenting in the UK. So here in Denmark, at least, there is a 
> market for MythTV.
>
> Next question is of course what happens if its a success. Will TiVo 
> then come and wipe out the competition (us!) with their much cheaper 
> equipment once the market has been cultivated? I would...
>
> But TiVo is not available everywhere, unfortunately. I had a TiVo when 
> I lived in the US! Besides, MythTV is more fun...
>
> Peter
>
Also,

there is the question of amount of storage, and of features. With MythTv:
- you can have as much storage as you are willing to pay for (I 
currently have about 1/2 Tb storage for MythTv from a RAID5 - we tend to 
record and view way later).
- you can have many frontends (I am using a frontend at the TV, but also 
several PCs with just the frontend so you can view TV while workig on 
the PC).
- more than 1 tuner. Usefull when several programs need recording at once.

None of these possible with Tivo...

Cheers,

Rudy