[mythtv-users] Re: OT: Zap2it Labs Email

[Jack Trout]

yeah, each data packet from data direct comes in 1 day intervals, and
your grabber for mythtv seems to grab anything from 11-13 days out,
using mythtvs instructions generally you use your settings to grab
once a day randomly sometime after 2am. then the database filler
compares and updates as needed,

this is similar to cable as with timewarner in ohio, often last minute
changes wouldnt be updated, (like football games running long or
something like that) but changed made a day or 2 ahead of time would
register, I would watch my cable boxes update around 3 am or so,
whenever they became idle, but if you turned off your cablebox and it
started to update, your box was disabled for about 3 minutes



On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 06:47:26 -0600, Michael J. Lynch <mlynch at gcom.com> wrote:
> I would guess their major income source is printed guides for satallite
> TV.  If you are
> a DishNetwork customer and subscribe to the printed guide, look at the
> binding, it says
> "zap2it.com".
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Bill Chmura wrote:
> 
> >Just the fact that they sent out this letter makes me doubt that Zap2It really
> >knows who is violating it.  If there are hardware and software packages using
> >it against the policy they should do like every other entity does and sue
> >someone.  Suing a company would be easier (and more lucrative) than going
> >after people.
> >
> >This is the conspiricy portion of me talking, but  I really think this is the
> >start of a campaign to become a fee based service.   It makes enough sense to
> >get a lot of people using the service than change over.  How much money could
> >they be making off the statistics we provide when we do the questionairre to
> >re-up the service every few months?   They've got to pay for themselves
> >somehow.   It would not bother me as long as it was reasonable...
> >
> >Of course the data and the service are theirs to do with as they see fit.  If
> >they want to yank free support then thats up to them.  If they think selling
> >Mythtv boxes is violating their rules then its also up to them.  You could
> >hash it out till the cows come home - but in the end you don't really have a
> >contract with them anyway.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Friday 29 October 2004 05:52 pm, Grant Edwards wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 02:42:34PM -0700, Geoff Scott wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Received from Zap2it Labs today.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>[...]
> >>
> >>I imagine a lot of us got that.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Well, they may know who the violators are, but I don't.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>I was wondering if anybody here knew who/what upset TMS?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>And since I'm not smart enough to know who the violators are, I'm
> >>>probably not smart enough to form my own opinion about this letter.
> >>>Do I agree with Zap2it and demand some heads be place on some very
> >>>large pikes, or do I start scanning for black helicopters and run
> >>>around yelling that Zap2it will start charging us because of the
> >>>"violators"?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>I'm not sure if either one will be all that useful.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> 
> -- 
> Michael J. Lynch
> 
> What if the hokey pokey IS what it's all about -- author unknown
> 
> 
> 
> 
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