[mythtv-users] Sell mythtv "set-top" boxes

Aaron Stewart acs at hourglassone.com
Fri May 16 11:01:05 EDT 2003


After I've shown my myth setup to friends, the almost unanimous response
is "Wow.. can you put one of those together for me?"  Might be a
lucrative deal :).

On Wed, 2003-05-14 at 21:34, adam i. howard wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I don't know if anyone has really brought it up yet, but what with the
> discussions comparing MythTV to Tivo or ReplayTV, it got me thinking:
> what if we started selling pre-configured MythTV systems, based on the
> Pundit or some other small system? 
> 
> The way I see it, there's got to be a market: when it's already set up,
> MythTV is easy enough for your average joe to use, and once you've
> bought it, you aren't required to pay a subscription fee to keep using
> it.
> 
> I can't see myself making a business out of selling or supporting
> systems like these, but I'm thinking I could definitely put together a
> few and make some extra money, enough to actually build a decent system
> that can handle MythTV well ;)
> 
> What's everyone else's thoughts on this? I'm thinking that there's
> plenty enough room for anyone interested in doing this that there
> wouldn't really be much in the way of competition to deal with, so that
> we could share our best practices here, or even put together a good
> HOW-TO, from choosing good hardware to setting up mythTV (and any other
> modules).
> 
> Who knows, maybe we could make something of this; or maybe it's just a
> dream of mine.
> 
> Adam
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