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

[jedi]

On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 05:00:15PM -0800, Brad Fuller wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Perhaps what is needed is a mythtv frontend "reference design" - in
> > fact it may be very similar to the ion reference design, but with a
> > remote. Its something people could build with confidence, knowing its
> > gonna work.
> 
> A reference design is not a bad idea. If we could form a SIG here with
> its purpose to create a MythTV HW reference design, HW mfrs could
> utilize the design to build competitive products.
> 
> At the very least, it would show HW mfrs what the community is
> interested in. At it's best, it could be a design that mfrs could
> develop from.

...perhaps we should approach one of the Linux system vendors like
System76 with the specs of what we're interested in. A suitable 
dedicated frontend shares a lot of the same sorts of requirements
as an AppleTV or mini Mac/PC and could probably be sold to the 
same sorts of customers. System76 already has a couple of "off
the shelf" systems that are somewhere close to where a good MythTV
extender would need to be.

[deletia]

    The hardware need not be MythTV or even Linux specific or be
primarily marketed for media center type use.