[mythtv-users] MythTV Book

[Dewey Smolka]

> Not to insult your work on a book, but wouldn't a proper Wiki make more sense?
> I mean granted, noone will end up reading it, like they don't use gossamer
> right now, but with as much as Myth changes it would just seem to make sense.

Who's Noone? (The wiki and list lack professional editing and
fact-checking, which for many people would make buying the book worth
it)

I think a well done book on Myth would sell, certainly enough to pay
for the effort. There's definitely a hobby market that would welcome a
good how-to guide based on a standard hardware set.

There's also a lot that you could use MythTV to discuss -- a look into
consumers' rights over content they have purchased, for example -- as
I understand it, it is perfectly legal (in the US) to format-shift
content that is yours, but is illegal to bypass a protection mechanism
(like with DeCSS) to do so. I think the average consumer would be
appalled if they understood the sorts of restrictions that Hollywood
wants to put in our hardware.

Besides that MythTV is a great vehicle for talking about changing TV
technology (-- how many people have you recently explained HDTV to?),
or about the future of media delivery -- IPTV, digital cable, yada,
yada,  or about the OSS development model, or about a whole range of
other topics.

I'd say it's a great idea, and I look forward to getting Jarod's
autograph on it.