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

[David Brodbeck]

Robert McNamara wrote:
> But then you'd need to get specs for the chips used in these devices,
> and consent to open source the interface with them.  And *that* is
> likely where this idea would fall apart, huge startup cost aside.
>   
And once you built it it would probably be obsolete in a few years.  
Look at how everyone's scrambling to rebuild their systems to use VDPAU.