[mythtv-users] Who's going to be the first?

[Brian Long]

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>>>> One major problem with that approach: requires leaving the myth box on
>>>> all the time, which I've stopped doing. Why have such a power-hungry
>>>> system on 24/7 if it doesn't need to be? The power supply even on the
>>>> ASRock ION330 HT box I've got is 65W. The new AppleTV draws 6W. Heck,
>>>> I might get two of them, and replace the older one I already have,
>>>> just for the power savings. :)
>>>
>>> That makes sense.  I have a single combined FE/BE, so it pretty much
>>> has to be on all the time.
>>
>> There is nothing revolutionary about the hardware that saves power..
>> If we all had an iphone in a pc case, im sure we could say the same..
>> I'm personally not too excited about getting something apple that is
>> obviously discounted on the hardware so I know they are banking on the
>> money back on services.  Don't get me wrong, they have done some
>> things that have changed the industry(s), but I do not buy into it.
>> As much as I like their hardware designs, I always end up throwing
>> linux on it  :)
>
> I already have more than enough Linux by way of my day job. These
> days, more and more, I like stuff at home that Just Works without the
> tinkering. Can only take on so many hacking projects and still have
> time to do fun stuff w/my wife and kids. :)

I'm starting to fall into the same boat, unfortunately.  I find myself
tinkering a lot less with MythTV or my other linux-based services at
home.  Since NetFlix streaming came to the Wii, the family seems to
watch a lot more TV via the Wii than via MythTV.  We obviously still
use MythTV as our only DVR, but it's usage has fallen in the last 6
months or so.

/Brian/