[mythtv-users] MythDevice?

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Sat Jun 3 20:12:13 UTC 2006


On Jun 3, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Marco Nelissen wrote:

> People buy complete machines because they don't want to deal with the
> hassle of building it themselves. That likely means that they're also
> not interested in tinkering with it and modifying it. In other words:
> the people you're hoping will be your customers already have a tivo or
> any of the other DVRs that cable/satelite services provide.

I suppose you would have to convince them that a Myth machine is  
better, but maybe not, some folks will buy anything that their  
neighbor doesn't have (yet).

The main thing some people want is an assurance that the thing will  
work, I'm sure a lot of us have had problems explaining to spouses  
why we spent $$$ for something that does not do so.

So instead of selling a machine, try selling the "service" of  
installing and setting up Myth, assuming the customer has bought gear  
from your "approved" list. A customer who would pay for Myth would  
probably pay for other things as well, like X-10 controls, security  
systems, VOIP-based PBX systems (Asterisk), A/V distribution

Find some tech-hungry doctors or lawyers who will pay you thousands  
for a "custom digital home" and you could sell a lot more than Myth,  
you might even try to get hooked up with the contractors who build  
high-end housing and market through them.

Just be sure that if you make money from Myth, or any other open- 
source project, that a fair portion goes back into the open-source  
world which made it possible in the first place.


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