[mythtv-users] prebuilt pvrs for developers benefit?

[Jack Burghardt]

How big market is for windows XP media center?
Mythtv box would replace tivo, dvd player (with all advanced functions )
gaming console (put sony or xbox emulation ) .

APEX is planing gaming console that let you play pc games that could be nice
think to hack for mythtv.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Petersen" <lists at forevermore.net>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] prebuilt pvrs for developers benefit?


> > On the other hand, I have seen a viable market (here
> > in the SF Bay area anyway) for essentially MythTV
> > build-it classes where support and hardware are
> > supplied. A rented conference room and some marketing
> > and you're off and running.
>
> ok, now THAT is a cool idea....  offer a class for $750-1000, hardware
> included, preregistration with a cancellation fee (to cover cost of
> returning the hardware).  You'll know in advance how many people in the
> class, and can order hardware in bulk, even if it's only a handful, if
> you're ordering 5-10 machines' worth of hardware, a vendor will at least
> cut you a small deal.
>
> The trouble is advertising the classes, and getting enough people to
> make it worthwhile, but not so many that you're overwhelmed.
>
> If you started from scratch, the classes could also be billed as
> instruction in building your own box, learning how to install linux in
> general, etc.  Heck, since we could standardize hardware (regional
> variances of tuner types aside) and distro, could even make a decent
> worldwide support network (not that this list isn't one already).
>
> I'm in if people in Seattle are interested.  I have the hardware
> contacts through work, and can probably even get use of our office space
> for a relatively small fee (of course, there's no cable tv here, which
> would cause a problem, but we have everything else needed for computer
> construction in abundance)
>
> -Chris
>
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