[mythtv-users] HD-PVR2 support (please vote)

[Tom Lichti]

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Devin Heitmueller <
dheitmueller at kernellabs.com> wrote:

> Devin here from Kernel Labs.  I'm travelling this weekend and Monday,
> but will try to answer questions when I have reasonably reliable
> Internet access (which is proving more of a problem than expected).
> :-)
>
>
> I share your concerns, which is really I think what prompted John to
> pose the question to the community (John, thanks for taking the time
> to do such, btw).  Let's face it - if there are fifty guys in the
> whole world using MythTV with their HDPVR and who would consider
> upgrading to the HDPVR2, then this initiative would be a waste of
> time.  Without any objective measures though for how large the user
> base is, how many of them are using HDPVRs, what percentage of them
> might consider upgrading to an HDPVR2, and what subset of those would
> actually pay some actual money for software that would allow them to
> do such, it's hard to gauge how much time/effort this is worth.  We've
> seen the smolt numbers, and I'm hoping to find out the user base is
> considerably larger than that.
>

Having just recently cut the cord on cable (I have two non-working
HD-PVR's, so I couldn't record anything, and we don't watch 'live tv') this
news would have been good about a month ago. Having said that, I wouldn't
be against helping fund this, as once the NHL gears up, I may re-up my
cable for that. Yes, I will have access to GCL (the NHL streaming solution,
like MLB live) but I can't record that, and teaching my family how to use
the ChromeCast may not be worthwhile. I know, it's dead simple, but as soon
as it doesn't work perfectly, I get grief from them. So, count me in for
interest and funding.

Tom
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