[mythtv-users] Why cant we make a STB?

[jedi]

On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 09:56:13PM +0000, Mike Perkins wrote:
> jedi wrote:
>> ...it sounds like what a lot of us needs is just a better case. I know
>> I do. I would love a mATX case that's more along the lines of a Tivo
>> footprint but those are few and far between. Even the Antec Fusion  
>> doesn't quite fit this bill.
>>
>>    A reference design mATX case would be very handy.
> You've still then got to pony up for the other components and put the 
> thing together yourself, then load the software, configure it...

...which is not a bit deal for this crowd.

Although, once you've got a relatively cheap A/V friendly PC
case anyone and their brother's cousin's half dead cat can 
build systems around them.

>
> I think what some of us would like is a simple silent box where all of 
> that is already done. You just plug it in, it asks you where the MBE is 
> (or finds it itself), and away you go.

...limited market.

OTOH, a poor man's Fusion that actually fits in a TV amoire has wider appeal.

>
> Some of us, myself included, have spent years^Wdecades building boxes of 
> various sorts and don't find it a chore to build more. Others may not 
> like to get their hands dirty quite so often.
>
> Even so, if I needed another FE in a hurry I might consider a ready-built 
> box - finances permitting, of course. It might even turn out cheaper than 
> DIY.