[mythtv-users] Why cant we make a STB?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Feb 4, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Mitch Gore wrote:

>> According to the specs, it looks like it would work with MythTV out  
>> of the
>> box -- as a simple uPNP player:
>>
>> Media sources supported: Online Video, external USB Mass Storage  
>> Devices,
>> NAS or Mac/PC over SMB/CIFS, UPnP, SageTV Media Center
>>
>> J-e-f-f-A
>
> yes UPnP does do this kind of thing but your missing the point.  I
> want a FULL frontend experiacne via an extender through a low power,
> silient, cheap box.  IE, Com skip, schedule recordings, myth video,
> ALL
>
> Am i the only one who really wants this?

If you sell a piece of hardware, your are sort of saying, "The  
software is ready to use for the masses" which clearly it is not. It's  
a good idea - when the software is ready. MythTV v1.0 is going to be  
great. ;)