[mythtv-users] prebuilt pvrs for developers benefit?
Joseph A. Caputo
jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Tue May 4 17:14:09 EDT 2004
On Tuesday 04 May 2004 12:23, Peter Lee wrote:
> I agree with the idea that the most obvious business potential in
> MythTV is in the high-end super-customized home-theater market. The
> installation and configuration would go for $3K-$5K and would provide
> something truly unique and very highly personalized to the high-end
> customer (eg, UI themes designed specifically for the customer, etc).
>
> The main issue here is that this kind of business goes well beyond
> just building linux boxes. Probably there would be a significant
> amount of general contracting involved (to build theater space,
> racks, lighting controls, etc), integration, and so on. So the
> overheads would be a lot higher.
Yeah, I've given this some thought myself. Basically do custom
home-media setups for high-end customers (think: multi-tuner backend(s)
with frontends all over the house, that kind of stuff). Best way to do
it would be to form a relationship with a general contractor/home
construction company. Sit down with the customer & design a plan, then
sit down with the GC or electrician to lay out the wiring. Putting
anything more than a simple 1-machine setup in an existing home with no
network wiring isn't worth it (at least, not until we have 100 Mbit
wireless...)
Some friends of my sister-in-law recently had me come over and help them
get their new Gateway (MS) Media Center & plasma TV set up properly.
The Gateway salesman totally over-sold to them, and then they wanted
$800 to do an in-home setup and demo. There's definitely money to be
made in home theater design & consulting.
-JAC
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