[mythtv-users] re:MythTV production run
Chris Petersen
lists at forevermore.net
Tue May 4 19:12:42 EDT 2004
> 5 years is crazy for this... the entertainment field is constantly changing.
> If you took mythtv and spent five years overhauling, you would be 5 years
> behind when you finished it. Not to mention the technology changing.
he said "5 man-years," not "5 years"... 5 man-years could be 30 people
working for 2 months. It's still a long time.
> Cable companies are starting to develop ways to compete with Tivo... Pretty
> soon the Cable box will have a DVR built in for only a higher monthly fee.
> Everything I read says Tivo is going to be in trouble from all the
> competition coming along.
Yes and no. Remember, Tivo is owned by DirectTV, who has licensed Tivo
technology to at least a couple of other providers.
> The one thought that sounded good was building a real high end box... If you
> did that, got some advertising in some of the audiophile magazines then maybe
> you could sell some high end system... You know... DVR of the rich and
> famous...
I have to agree here. The low-end market will soon be saturated with
low-end solutions (people are finally realizing that setting up a DVR
can be easier than getting rid of the old blinking 12:00 on the VCR).
Getting into the high-end market might be viable (I know nothing about
it), especially since myth does a LOT more than just record TV. You
still have to worry about CSS fees.
On the other hand (CSS fees aside), setting up a few classes to teach
people how to put together a computer and install linux, with the
outcome being a working mythtv box, would be a great way for a few of us
to earn some extra $$$.
-Chris
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