[mythtv-users] MythTV and the future
Joseph A. Caputo
jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Thu Jun 12 17:39:16 EDT 2003
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Jeremy Oddo
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 4:31 PM
> To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV and the future
>
>
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> > The moment I saw it, the thought "vcr/dvd of the future" went through my
> > mind. And I was imagining myself using my remote control to move
> > between menu items, and doing selections ... recording on a built in
> > hard drive, on a box that perhaps was something like a notebook in
> > structure (to avoid cooling problems), but still a vcr and I was
> > browsing the image on the TV. Such dreams we sometimes have :-)
> >
> > Are there any plans for such a box in the making?
> >
> Don't know if I'm reading you correctly, but if so, this *IS* what many of
> us are doing. Many of us already connect up to the TV and use a remote
> control to control it. I'm actually using the very remote that came with
> my DirecTV. That one universal remote will control my TV, DVD, VCR,
> Satellite, stereo tuner, AND MythTV. I have mine in a tower case that's
> hidden in my entertainment center but many people actually have a black
> desktop case that looks like a piece of audio/video gear.
I think he's inquiring about a pre-configured box (for sale...)
Check out these two threads:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/mailarc/gforum.cgi?post=61919;search_st
ring=selling%20boxes;guest=613375&t=search_engine#61919
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/mailarc/gforum.cgi?post=59758;search_st
ring=selling%20boxes;guest=613375&t=search_engine#59758
-JAC
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