[mythtv] DirecTV recording, 169time, etc.

Kyle Rose krose+mythtv at krose.org
Wed Jan 19 11:41:13 EST 2005


> Your response seems more than fair.  The pricing structure of their
> product will limit it to a very, very small market.  Sad to say,
> it's probably a non-starter so you are correct to not waste time on
> it unless they show some committment to the MythTv community.

Yeah, I think I agree, much to my disappointment.  I've decided it
isn't worth my time, mainly because they'll still charge an arm and a
leg for the modification, and I fail to see why I should spend my
hard-earned free time improving their bottom line when they aren't
interested in offering a truly open solution to the problem of getting
high-def satellite into a computer.

I'm not a free software zealot, in that I use lots of non-free
software all the time (e.g., XP, video games, TurboTax), but I don't
generally put my time into improving those: they're products I pay for
and therefore simply expect to *work* without any effort on my part.

Thanks for the input.

Cheers,
Kyle


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