[mythtv-users] mythtv for the non-techies

[Mark]

I agree with the other posters.  I wouldn't consider setting up myth for 
anyone else.  In my past I have been tied to anyone
I setup a system for.  The time constraints got to be too much so I quit 
doing it.  Unless it was a neighbor, I wouldn't do it.

Jim Stichnoth wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com 
> <mailto:yan at seiner.com>> wrote:
>
>     My parents, who are computer literate but technically ignorant,
>     have had
>     it with the broken commercial players out there.  They asked me how I
>     deal with it and I said, Myth.
>
>     Now they want to know if they can have myth...
>
>     We're 3,000 miles apart, so no weekend visits to fix things.  I'm
>     a bit
>     leery of setting up a myth system that far away.
>
>     Is anyone doing anything like this?
>
>     This would be a combined FE/BE, plugged into a TV on one end and
>     probably a STB cable box on the other.  I think they have comcast.
>
>     Should I even attempt this?  Or should I run?  Suggestions?
>
>     --Yan
>
>
> Wow.  My first impulse would be to run.  I think if you want to make 
> this work, at a minimum you need to:
> 1. Build and configure the system yourself at home, trying to mimic 
> their external hardware (e.g., TV input type, STB, etc.) as much as 
> possible.
> 2. Deliver the system and set it up in person, including things like lirc.
> 3. Spend several days on-site training them and fine-tuning things.
> 4. Make sure you can ssh in after you leave, to diagnose/fix problems 
> that come up.
>
> But really, this is a risky undertaking.  I wouldn't recommend this 
> for my parents, who are also computer literate but unfamiliar with 
> Linux, unless I lived nearby.
>
> Jim
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