[mythtv-users] Does MythTV Obviate a DVD Player?

[Paul Kidwell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Smith
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 5:21 PM
>
> If you have a MythTV box, is there any reason to
> get/have a stand-alone DVD player? I need to get a DVD
> player - the ones I was looking at had the Faroudja
> chip and were around $500. Does MythTV have all the
> functionality of these DVD players?
>

Not for me. I had a Sony 200 disk DVD changer before I put together my
MythTV system. I'm presently burning kids shows to DVD so when one of my
3 daughters says "Daaaaaddy... I wanna see the Magic School Bus show
with the butterflies in it" I can punch it right up.

Of course, the alternative is to have a Terabyte file server. That idea
does have it's strong points, but there isn't enough cash on hand to get
one of those (yet :)


Paul Kidwell
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