[mythtv-users] Sorry, but I don't want to pay much

[Brian J. Murrell]

On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 16:43 -0400, Michael Thome wrote:
> Sorry - I really *really* don't want to pay much extra for information 
> that I'm already paying for several times over (cable schedule, OTA 
> backstream, newspaper, replaytv).

I have some really *really* good news for you then!  You don't have to
pay anything if you don't want to.  All you have to do is get that
information from any or all of the other sources you are already paying
for it with into your Mythbox.  Don't forget to share your solution back
to the Myth community that has so graciously provided you with your free
(as in beer) DVR.

> That said, I'd be happy to:
> - sell back my recording schedules
> - sell back my watching schedules (for a higher fee!)
> - sell the providers the opportunity to attach URLs to schedule elements 
> (think click-through TV show sites back to content providers)
> - sell the providers a realtime clickthrough feedback services, e.g.: I 
> hit a button on my remote during playback and myth sends my service a 
> tuple of (xmtvid programid time-in-stream (x, y)).  If the service 
> responds with a URL, my playback pauses and mythweb opens the URL.   

Let me (but not the rest of the Myth community -- need to keep suppliers
of this information down so as not to incite a price-war) know when you
have found a buyer will ya?

> Bottom line - as someone on the zap2it list said before the forums went 
> belly-up this afternoon, Tribune is squandering their opportunities - if 
> they aren't interested, I'm sure someone else is...

Well, if *you* set up shop providing this information for the low fee
that you would be willing to pay, as a side benefit I'm sure you'd get
your listings for free.  Let me know when you are ready for a subscriber
to your low fee.  I will sign on.

b.

-- 
My other computer is your Microsoft Windows server.

Brian J. Murrell
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