[mythtv-users] Commercial releases of MythTV?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Thursday 18 March 2004 21:19, Scott LeBrun wrote:
> Just to follow up, here's what I'm about to email off to the
> magazine:
>
> Dear Editor,
>
> I enjoyed reading your article published in APC April 2004 about the
> Development 1 Home Media Centre. The feature list of this device is
> truly outstanding but quickly became all too familiar.
>
> As Matthew mentioned in the article, the biggest drawcard of the HMC
> is its operating system and interface. This is not exclusive to
> Development 1. The software used was not in fact developed by
> Development 1 at all. It is an open-source project called MythTV -
> http://www.mythtv.org   The software is free to download and
> tutorials on installing it on a multitude of hardware is freely
> available.  The community support is also friendly and helpful.
>
> The feature wishlist Matthew wanted including commercial cutting,
> digital TV, multiple TV tuners, DVD burning etc, are all available in
> one form or another in the project itself. The system even supports
> several systems in a client/server arrangement - even using good ol'
> Xboxes as clients!
>
> As a follower of the MythTV project, I'm disappointed that neither
> the article nor Development 1's website mentions MythTV at all. The
> only reference is a single line on page 26 of  the HMC user manual,
> under GNU GPL licence.
>
> On a good note, the hardware itself looks nice and the manufacturer
> deserves credit in this instance. The product is well suited to
> anyone who baulks at the idea of building their own linux system, but
> if you're handy with a screwdriver and have a linux distro disk handy
> - MythTV is only a mouse click away and considerably cheaper.
>
> Scott Le Brun


Since you're submitting this to a newspaper, I thought I'd point out a 
spelling mistake... it's "balks", not "baulks" (unless that's a UK/AU 
vs. US English difference...)

-JAC