[mythtv-users] Commercial PVR offerings - is MythTvstill competitive ?

[jedi]

On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 06:18:00PM -0500, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 02/09/2009 05:50 PM, Steve Peters - Priority Electronics wrote:
>> I for one think that the myth system can be cheaper. That was my reason for
>> going with it in the beginning. We were paying $20 per month for the cable
>> dvr.
>
> Completely seriously, why would you opt to use a cable-co-provided DVR  
> for $20/mo instead of getting a good commercial DVR (TiVo) for $12.95  
> (or less) per month?  https://www3.tivo.com/store/plans.do

    Tivos aren't free.

    That subscription is on top of what you have to pay for the unit.

>
> I thought the only draw of the cable-/sat-co-provided DVR's was that  
> they were cheaper than TiVo?