[mythtv-users] prebuilt pvrs for developers benefit?

[Bill Chmura]

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On Tuesday 04 May 2004 01:54 pm, Jack Burghardt wrote:
> 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 ) .

The gaming console would be a whole legal snafu alone!  There is only a few 
public domain games out there.


>
> 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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Bill Chmura
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Explosivo ITG
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