[mythtv-users] MythDevice?

[Ivan Kowalenko]

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On Jun 7, 2006, at 06.19, Anil Gupte wrote:

> Actually, to be honest, I am looking for a solution that will do  
> what myth does,
> plus allow downloadable movies to be shown, which will help my web  
> site.

MythTV can play downloadable movies through MythVideo, assuming there  
is no DRM. I can watch stuff from Revision 3 or Rooster Teeth with no  
problem.

>   We
> offer downloadable movies, and a  PVR device that also allows that  
> would be a
> nice thing, even if it actually made no money itself.  Anyway,  
> these all just
> thoughts right now.
>
> Anil Gupte

Please don't top-post. It's considered bad form.

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Wood" <beww at beww.org>
> To: <marcone at xs4all.nl>; "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv- 
> users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 1:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythDevice?
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> On Jun 3, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Marco Nelissen wrote:
>
>> People buy complete machines because they don't want to deal with the
>> hassle of building it themselves. That likely means that they're also
>> not interested in tinkering with it and modifying it. In other words:
>> the people you're hoping will be your customers already have a  
>> tivo or
>> any of the other DVRs that cable/satelite services provide.
>
> I suppose you would have to convince them that a Myth machine is
> better, but maybe not, some folks will buy anything that their
> neighbor doesn't have (yet).
>
> The main thing some people want is an assurance that the thing will
> work, I'm sure a lot of us have had problems explaining to spouses
> why we spent $$$ for something that does not do so.
>
> So instead of selling a machine, try selling the "service" of
> installing and setting up Myth, assuming the customer has bought gear
> from your "approved" list. A customer who would pay for Myth would
> probably pay for other things as well, like X-10 controls, security
> systems, VOIP-based PBX systems (Asterisk), A/V distribution
>
> Find some tech-hungry doctors or lawyers who will pay you thousands
> for a "custom digital home" and you could sell a lot more than Myth,
> you might even try to get hooked up with the contractors who build
> high-end housing and market through them.
>
> Just be sure that if you make money from Myth, or any other open-
> source project, that a fair portion goes back into the open-source
> world which made it possible in the first place.
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