[mythtv-users] Things I've learned from mythtv-users

[Brian Wood]

I agree with most, but you left out a few:

On Mar 2, 2008, at 11:56 PM, Yeechang Lee wrote:

>
> * The MPAA is the most-powerful lobby in Washington DC, with even more
>  reach than the NRA, trade unions, or trial lawyers. Every single
>  institution is controlled behind closed doors by it, including the
>  White House, Congress, the FCC, and the Forest Service.

Also most organized religions.
>
> * Everyone is out to get you. "Everyone" includes the MPAA, Best Buy,
>  cable companies, satellite companies, Microsoft, and Frito-Lay.

You left out McDonald's.

>
> * That TiVo charges $15 a month is the worst crime of the century.

No problem, just call to cancel and they will offer to reduce the  
price to $5/month. I believe that the same is true of Vonage.

>
> * That Schedules Direct initially wanted to charge $60 a year was the
>  worst crime of the millennium.

Gee, not wanting to reach into your own pockets to subsidize Myth  
users is a crime?

>
> * Hollywood makes nothing but garbage.

Not true. They also make sequels and remakes of garbage.

>
> * Hollywood unfairly keeps me from recording that garbage in the way I
>  want.

Not true, they just make it expensive, difficult and illegal.

>
> * Cable TV is a necessity of life on par with food and electricity,
>  even when "things are tight."

Interestingly it seems that cable TV subscriptions go up when "things  
are tight". The theory is that people tend to stay home more so cable  
is more important to them.

beww