[mythtv-users] The Death of MythTV in the US?

[jedi]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 08:29:09PM -0600, Brett Kosinski wrote:
> >    If that's what they're really worried about then the have far more
> >  to fear from Frys and Walmart. A great deal of their content is being
> >  sold to the end user. A lot of what you might have cable for can be
> >  permanently acquired. No more need to bother with cable.
> 
> Yeah, that's an option... well after it's aired.  Most aren't willing

    ...which covers a great deal of the content actually.

    Back in the day, before the original Dr Who was axed my local fan
group got copies of new shows on VHS shipped across the pond.

> to wait for that (after all, who wants their co-workers to spoil Lost
> or BSG on them?).  Heck, you need only look at shows like BSG... North
> American viewers weren't even willing to wait until it finished airing
> in the UK, and so piracy was rampant. And I'll bet most sales of TV
> shows on DVD are to people who have already seen the show and simply
> want to own the content.
> 
> Nah, the only real competitor to content delivery from traditional
> vendors (be it cable, satellite, or downloaded content from their
> official delivery vectors) is pirated downloads... and, funny enough,
> that's brings us back to the topic at hand:  copy protection. :)
> 
> Brett.
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