[mythtv-users] MythTV to become obsolete?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of John Wells
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 12:31 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] MythTV to become obsolete?
>
>
> Great.  I finally get my Myth box working (after dropping $330 for a
> PVR-250 and PVR-350, $120 for a harddrive), and now I read this about the
> FCC and opencable.com:
>
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/1053214&mode=thread&ti
> d=129&tid=137&tid=188
>
> Can someone in the know comment on this?  Does it mean my Myth box will be
> completely obsolete 1-3 years from now?!?  Should I return the cards while
> I still can :)?

Shouldn't be a problem... while you may not be able to directly tune digital
cable if the industrial-political stars don't align, you'll be no worse off
than you are now (currently you need a set-top box to tune digital cable,
whether through Myth or your TV).  Or did you think that every TV in a home
getting digital cable would be rendered obsolete also?

-JAC